Word: dejectedness
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The Harvard team showed that it was into the game by responding with three goals in less than ten minutes, then netting the game-winner in over-time. The crowd, so dejected in the first 50 minutes of play, went crazy. It's as if we had beaten Montreal.
Pretty soon the Queen and the Duke of Edinburgh arrive to pay their respects, telling Ryan that his wife and young daughter are safely ensconced in Buckingham Palace and that he is now Sir John, a Knight Commander of the Victorian Order. Then the Prince drops by, a little dejected...
Dorothy Herrmann's recent biography, S.J. Perelman: A Life, points out what any sensible reader already knows: humorists are not a sunny breed. They pick up their tribulations by the wrong end, and that provokes mirth. But after the audience leaves, the anguish remains. Perelman's boon companion and brother...
Suddenly, though, Rossignol's reputation has taken a spill. French skiers, ! two-thirds of whom use skis supplied by Rossignol or its Dynastar subsidiary, have had a dismal season. It culminated earlier this month with their total failure at the world championships in Crans-Montana, Switzerland. While Swiss skiers claimed...
Actually, I'm applying to law school," says the One, looking dejected. "Maybe entertainment law."