Word: disappointing
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...instructors who lacked first-hand acquaintance with the details of Army requirements. Speed-up courses in languages and sciences have been arranged, based on the general knowledge that physicists and interpreters are needed. But many of these have been announced without even hinting at the physical requirements that may disappoint a trainee after a year of study. And insufficient attention has been paid to the fact that none of the new courses actually guarantee an Army or Navy position...
...this quest for a brief three minutes of entertainment, there are fortunately a few names which rarely disappoint. Everyone raves about Duke Ellington, and his bandwagon is one on which I have long been riding. Duke has abandoned the overwrought orchestrations he was writing a few years ago, and has reverted to arrangements more in the jazz idiom, with wider opportunities for his soloists. Last week he turned out Five O'clock Drag and Clementine, two original riff numbers arranged in the Ellington tradition of unexpected effects and frequent dissonance's, particularly in the brass section. Clementine...
TODAY, more than ever before, a book on air power written by so eminent an authority as Major Al Williams would seem to meet a vital need. But Major Williams' work itself is bound to disappoint the reader who hopes for a clear-cut expression of what's what in aerial warfare. When Major Williams is discussing such matters as fixed-pitch versus controllable-pitch propellers, his writing is clear and forthright, and it isn't hard to sense the assurance of a man who knows his business and enjoys talking about it. When he talks of engines and wing...
...accompaniment were originally composed and are played with heightening effect by Allen Sapp '43. In atending the Dramatic Club's work you will be supporting and encouraging the efforts of these enterprising young artists--and will be affording yourself a rare experience in theatre which is guaranteed not to disappoint...
...favorites did not disappoint the fans. The big, coal-black Hodge Brothers, Will & Sim, who operated a juke joint until one night they murdered a bothersome customer, ran away-as usual-with the calf-roping event. In the four years they have competed in the Prison Rodeo, the Hodges have set several unofficial world's records at calf roping, have won some $400 in prizes. Last October, Will was top money winner with $76, Sim runner-up with...