Word: disappointing
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...play hockey-- to use a boastful expression--and perhaps Captain O'Hearn can be consoled. No one wants to smash Yale's dreams of empire, of course--as Mr. Heywood Broun philosophized, "Some of my best friends are Yale men"--but on the other hand, no one wants to disappoint the Bulldogs after bringing them all the way from New Haven. This delicate question, however, can be safely left in the hands of Captain Crosby...
...want to come to Harvard--and especially to the Christian Association--and either disappoint you or hurt your work. Let me know after you think over what I have written you if you still wish me to come...
...arena of a struggle between constitutionalism, and revolution. No party in Great Britain will be cowed by threats of force or by policies designed to bring govern-ment to a standstill, and if sections in India are under the delusion that that is not so, events will very sadly disappoint them." He went on to say that revolutionary methods forced out the moderates and allowed the two extremes of reaction "to kick and tear and sweat against each other until the failure of both has been demonstrated...
...deals with railroads is its recommendation that no change should be made at this time in the new rule of rate making. His attitude will encourage those who believe that the Transportation Act, if given a fair trial under normal conditions, will take care of the situation. He will disappoint those who insist that the rate-making rule, with its affirmative declaration that the railroads are entitled to a fair return on property value, should be repealed...
...success than the first. The Conference will and should accomplish something under both heads. It will almost certainly arrange for at least a temporary reduction in naval expenditures by Japan, Great Britain, the United States. A failure in this respect might well be fatal to President Harding, It would disappoint the public and damage the prestige of the administration to such an extent that the American delegation will avoid it at any cost. The Conference is also likely to draw up a form of words about the policy of foreign nations towards China, which Japan, Great Britain and the United...