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Word: disappointed (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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Moro does not disappoint the sleepy viewers. He appears in a black bird suit, his "Ravenswear," ostensibly to plug a new film. Suddenly he is doing stunts with a severed finger, which has a history of putrefaction, that is in itself a small comic masterpiece. Moro's ultimate public outrage is a staging of his own funeral, a new high for that truly American form of expression, the synthesis of art and advertising...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Dream Ghoul | 3/27/1972 | See Source »

...Past mistakes" have made Coles leery of naive categorizations and label-prone ideologies when considering the complexity of the human mind and soul. He intends to, and does, disappoint and confuse audiences hungry for expedient clarifications, statistical analysis, and schematic theoretical conclusions...

Author: By Gwen Kinkead, | Title: Children of Crisis... ...by Robert Coles | 3/1/1972 | See Source »

...Past mistakes" have made Coles leery of naive categorizations and label-prone ideologies when considering the complexity of the human mind and soul. He intends to, and does, disappoint and confuse audiences hungry for expedient clarifications, statistical analysis, and schematic theoretical conclusions...

Author: By Gwen Kinkead, | Title: Children of Crisis.......by Robert Coles | 3/1/1972 | See Source »

Clint Eastwood has made a career out of blood and guts, and his switch from spaghetti westerns to ultra-detective will disappoint none of his fans. In fact, he has managed to keep his portrayal both serious and believable. As his quickly sidelined partner. Reni Santoni deserves praise for making his lines sound less hackneyed than they were written. Andy Robinson's performance should corner him the market on psychopaths. His demonic laugh would warm Edgar Allen Poe's blood and curdles everyone else's. Adjectives like "bone-chilling" were invented for eyes like his. And the controlled delirium...

Author: By Alan Heppel, | Title: Supercop | 1/17/1972 | See Source »

...highly disciplined way-making exact distinctions, refining a principle to fit diverse cases-that is the high art judges are chosen to practice. Deluged with 3,500 cases a year, expected to write more than 100 often highly complex decisions, Supreme Court Justices may understandably disappoint their critics. Indeed, many critics (joined by Chief Justice Burger) endlessly urge the court to cut its workload, accept only truly vital cases and take more time for reflection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Law: The Need for Reasons | 6/21/1971 | See Source »

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