Word: disappointed
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...terrier bitch as Lady Godiva. "Some other towns, now, may not be like St. Albans," said he meaningly, "but our girls-bless their sweet hearts-are all good girls! Not a one in the whole town would show herself in tights and false hair. So's not to disappoint anyone I just named this little dog 'Lady Godiva,' and I guess you'll admit she rode the way God made her, except I scrubbed her first...
...more than Bancroft can handle. There are times when, as an Italian contractor trying to get into society, he is fairly funny, but his machinations to win the love of a lady of the upper classes are absurd. The ending-in which he goes without his reward-will disappoint fans waiting for an amatory fadeout. Best shot: Bancroft tying a dinner...
...calling in sober earnest for the security and happiness of national life and for peace and friendship in international relations. Should the London Conference take this tide at its flood its labors will surely be crowned with success. The nations there represented can ill afford once more to disappoint this public demand...