Word: disappointed
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...Harvard sailing team encountered both highs and lows in two regattas on a weekend that saw frequent rain and erratic wind. The dismal conditions caused the cancellation of the Boston University Invitational Regatta, as well as a disappointing ninth-place finish in the Hood Trophy at Tufts. The weekend was not without its successes, however, as women’s captain Megan Watson earner a fifth-place finish in the New England Women’s Singlehanded Championship in New London, Conn., qualifying for the National Championship. NEW ENGLAND WOMEN’S SINGLEHANDED CHAMPIONSHIP With a knee injury...
...having posted 492 total yards of offense in the previous matchup, and it took a big effort for Harvard to match its high-scoring attack. Under the lights for the season-opener and in front of an estimated 20,462 spectators, Harvard and its star quarterback Pizzotti did not disappoint. Ultimately, it was Pizzotti’s performance during the fourth quarter that defined him as the Ivy League offensive player of the week. Trailing 17-6 at the end of the third, the Crimson had failed to put points on the board since the end of the first frame...
...Niro has weathered pretty well. In a bed scene with Gugino, his skin still clings tautly to his body. The scowl that was the actor's early trademark has settled into a thin lip-line of resignation; no catastrophe laid on Turk can surprise or disappoint him. Maybe De Niro has kept his physical instrument in shape all these years by husbanding his gestures. But Pacino has been a perpetual motion machine. In this movie he still is: dancing like a boxer, chewing gum, his feet banging out a nervous paradiddle. Eventually, gravity takes its revenge. In remorseless closeup...
...This small-c conservatism is, in part, a calculation. Obama doesn't want to seem angry or threatening, for obvious reasons. But it is also a reflection of who he really is: a fellow who does not like to disappoint anyone, who is obsessed with finding common ground. That may be a great advantage in a President at this ugly moment in our history - but I would feel more comfortable with Obama if he took an occasional play from John McCain's book of partisan transgressions and gored some Democratic oxen. It would be nice if he, say, challenged...
...Lomong's neutral stance may disappoint some, but given what Lomong has gone through, you can't blame him for just cherishing this moment for what it is - a reward for a very brave man. You can't blame him for staying positive; he's lived through enough negatives in his life. When he was just six, a Sudanese rebel group kidnapped him and 50 others while he was in a church service. "We were praising God," he says. "All of a sudden, soldiers came in and told everyone to lay down." He escaped prison, and ran for three days...