Word: disappointing
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Manned by captain Wayne Pommen, Eliot Hodges, Justin Bosley, Mike Skey, Matt Daggett, Mike Blomquist, Hugo Mallinson, Artour Samsonov and coxswain Jim Omartian, the heavyweight boat did not disappoint the hometown fans, finishing third overall and first among collegiate teams...
...season long, Gunther has praised the defense in front of her, calling it one of the best she’s played alongside. The Crimson backs did not disappoint yesterday...
Dahl has a history in the business of directing thrillers, having done films of cultish followings such as Red Rock West, The Last Seduction and Unforgettable. Therefore, his direction does not disappoint. Dahl establishes an ominous atmosphere using a variety of unique color and light. Note that a painting of a stormy sea fills a room with its sickish green hue and the glow of fluorescent bulbs outside a motel illuminate a suspenseful scene in red. Furthermore, Dahl savors situations in which his audience knows more about a tense situation than his heroes and heroine do. Viewers are aware...
...Daniel Kadlec: When numbers like these don't disappoint investors, it's a measure of how depressed expectations have become. And that's a good thing - that's how you put in a bottom, with realism. Maybe we've taken a big step here...
...true-believer roots go back to Harvard's Kennedy school for Evironmental and Public Policy - "this is fulfillment for me" - and the company's corporate culture, he reckons, is about half sales and half enviro-evangelist. But Kelly never promised clean energy - just cleaner. And that tends to disappoint the purist...