Word: crestfallen
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Friends of Beckwith, 51, a true, if little-publicized, hero of Special Forces missions in Viet Nam, insist that he returned crestfallen from the failure in the desert, angry at being ordered to end the effort and on the verge of resigning his commission. But last week he appeared at a select Pentagon press conference at which photos were banned to protect his potential future usefulness in covert operations. He brusquely denied all allegations that he had opposed the decision to abort...
...Johns collected one goal each period, to the delight of their mostly crestfallen rooting section. But coach Marty Pierce's squad shut down every Shrewsbury rally before it had a chance to begin...