Word: disappointing
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Twin Peaks as ratings for his Wild Palms disappoint...
...member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said first-years who wanted to gain influence on the council would be hesitant to disappoint a council executive over the phone...
...Paradise of the Blind is not laden with heavy and vengeful political criticism. In fact, people who have regarded her works simply as vehicles for political dissent disappoint Duong. She has written a novel of disillusionment--not only with the corruption and ironies of the Communist Party and society, but also disillusionment with the strength of blood ties so embryonic to Vietnamese culture, with childhood on the poverty-stricken outskirts of Hanoi, with women's sacrifices, and with life. An intensely moving novel, Paradise transcends the boundaries of its setting...
...takes work, in part, because the politicians will constantly disappoint. Believing in a Place Called Hope means something different from what Bill Clinton intended in that brilliantly mawkish convention speech line. Hope is required precisely because Clinton himself is so flawed. Otherwise, we could simply swoon, and hope would be superfluous. But Clinton is a dissembler, like all (successful) politicians. He is a reckless maker of incompatible promises that destine every subgroup of his supporters to feel betrayed about something. He is wrong about some issues, cowardly about others, right on fewer than any individual supporter might wish...
...concerns and had thought hard and developed specific ideas about what to do. But now he is bumping into the fact that some of his pledges were contradictory and others were easier to voice than fulfill. So he faces an unusual number of tough calls that are bound to disappoint some followers and make some enemies. Yet Clinton will have to move fast to begin enacting his policies before the momentum of his election begins to fade. And the choices he faces in doing so are far more complex than anything foreshadowed by campaign oratory. A partial rundown...