Word: disappointing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...major boycott or relocation of the Games would deeply embarrass and disappoint the Kremlin, which has tried ever since the early '60s to be named as host. Soviet leaders, notoriously insecure about their country's position in the world, view the Moscow Games as a way to greatly increase their nation's prestige, even as a way to legitimize their system. In the past three years, the Soviets have spent an estimated $375 million in constructing facilities. They are looking forward to tourist crowds of up to 300,000, plus, more important, world television audiences...
...climax does not disappoint. The activities surge to a wild crescendo with everything from the fjords of Norway to the world's fastest airplane integrated into the resolution. Forsyth has indeed fashioned a thriller, where--don't be deceived--the surprises keep coming until the very last page. If only he could portray a human being with the same verve and insight with which he calls forth a "short-barreled pump-action shotgun...