Word: disappointing
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...latest brother-act pardons of the Clinton Going-Out-of-Business sale--long after Monica--he emerges on 125th Street, larger even than himself. He is the fallen preacher, the three-card-monte dealer, and the best of all time. And he is going to bless and disappoint and fool us again. But what the hell...
When The Roots took the Sanders stage, alternating flashes of colored light filled the theater, and the group did not disappoint, playing for almost two hours...
Barrymore did not disappoint. She wrapped her leg around each actor and kissed him on the cheek...
Although the NFL plans are different, they will certainly disappoint those who wanted a more radical plan. Among those ignored suggestions is team grouping by nickname. NFL.com writer Craig Ellenport suggests such groupings as the Bird Division, Cat Division, and the Old West Division. My personal favorite is the Fighting and Plundering Division, featuring the Buccaneers, Patriots, Raiders, and Vikings...
...Asian star power, Crouching Tiger depends on Jen--on Zhang, in only her second film. The actress says she labored under "a pressure not to disappoint the director. I felt I was a mouse and Ang Lee a lion." When first seen, Jen seems lovely but unformed, a dreamy adventuress, a spoiled rich girl with a skill to match her will. Gradually, though, Jen (or, rather, Zhang) reveals a more toxic, intoxicating beauty. Will she become a fearless heroine or a ferocious killer? Zhang, surely, is guilty of one crime: she steals the film. "She allows the audience to pour...