Word: disappointed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...will no doubt disappoint extreme hawks and doves alike because he decides that the law could probably never determine satisfactorily which side committed aggression (too many technicalities both ways). On the often-raised question of constitutionality, Taylor offers no solace to doves. After reviewing the Tonkin Gulf Resolution, the Constitution and U.S. ratification of the U.N. Charter, he suggests that the war is most probably legal in U.S. termsmainly on the basis of clearly demonstrated congressional intent to help President Johnson pursue it. But after sifting a number of cases, including the events and trials relating to Song...
...blame for the social and economic failure not on the white capitalist society that has rejected them but upon themselves. It is as if no step in the development of his consciousness were worth taking unless his parents can understand it and take it also. Over and over they disappoint him: they are embarrassed with him before his younger brother Jonathan; they even, one terrible time, tell the prison authorities that they're afraid he might be "dangerous to himself." He breaks off correspondence with them in anger, only to begin again, to explain once more our America to these...
...Beach Boys album, we can expect a certain amount of schlock, and, one again, they don't disappoint us. "Deirdre," which tries to justify its lyrics with the pun "dear, dear, Deirdre," sounds like Gary Lewis and the Playboys' "The joker is Wild" played at half-tempo. Likewise, "At My Window" is a cutesy sentimental ballad, full of sound effects of birds chirping...
...potential political effect of the bill may disappoint the Democrats, who clearly believe Nixon fears a bloc of young voters and will suffer at their hands in 1972. In the four states where under-21s now vote-Georgia, Kentucky, Alaska and Hawaii-the evidence is that young voters tend to divide roughly as their parents do. Furthermore, statistics show that the younger the voting group, the lower the percentage actually voting. And the President could also take heart from the news from England, where 18-year-olds voted for the first time last week. They clearly did not hurt Conservative...
...this moment coach Jack Barnaby walked into the gallery. Abrams next point and Barnaby asked. "What's the score?" When the reply came. "1-4 in a five-point set." Barnaby's face remained completely blank and calm. Abrams did not disappoint his coach, s??eeping the last four points for victory...