Word: disappointing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cause; he is a result--a result of staunchly dedicated, hard-working, sincere proponents of conservatism at the grass roots level. These people, a minority, imposed their candidate and their views on one of the two major political parties. A Goldwater defeat--even a large one--will disappoint but not deter them. Whatever the outcome in November, the people who have toiled diligently for the conservative cause are determined...
...that people expect you to continue acting like a grownup once you have shown you are capable of it. The Congress, after handling the tax cut with some maturity and voting a stout civil rights bill decisively through the House, has acted quickly to restore its previous image and disappoint anyone expecting responsible conduct throughout the rest of the session...
Catton's latest book, however, will disappoint his past readers. Written jointly by him and his son, Two Roads to Sumter evaluates the decisions that brought the bombardment in Charleston harbor on April 12, 1861. To exemplify the parting roads taken by North and South, the authors study the careers of the wartime Presidents, Lincoln and Davis. Although this device unifies the book efficiently, it frequently presents tenuous historical parallels; Davis was born in Kentucky just a year before Lincoln, but his intellect needs considerable stretching to match Lincoln's stature...
Ehrengard will disappoint only those Dinesen admirers who hoped it would be a long-awaited Italian novel which, the author once tantalizingly explained, she did not want to complete until just before her death "because people will say it is too fantastic...
...kneecap, his leg. Pitching against the Yankees in the 1936 opener in Washington, a third-inning wild throw from third base to first fractured his jaw. Bobo picked himself up and went on with the game. "When President Roosevelt comes to see Bobo pitch. Bobo ain't gonna disappoint him." he declaimed -and shut out the Bombers...