Word: disappointingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...have chosen my fate, and there is no way to turn back on this. I couldn't disappoint those millions of people who lived with us those moments in Jerusalem. I won't let them down. Unfortunately there was no response from the other side. But if time proves that I am wrong, I must pay for this. I shall not try to change my ideas, because when I started, I was convinced it was a sacred mission...
...this point, the movie has been strictly mediocre; if the movie is worth anything, it is because of a spectacular finale with some impressive special effects. Fortunately, the last 15 minutes of the movie will disappoint few people. The aliens arrive in a huge dazzling spacecraft as large as the mountain it lands next to. Several auxilliary space ships with adjunct paraphernalia will satisfy the craving of any sci-fi fan. The creatures return all the individualb that they had abducted earlier, including the boy (who became quite enamoured with the aliens), and, to top it off, the aliens make...
...convenient time for examining how The Post has gotten to the point where it can affect, even indirectly, the course of the American government. Roberts makes no attempt to analyze The Post's rise to journalistic greatness, and his strictly chronological approach to the paper's history may disappoint those who wonder what it means for society that in 40 years a bankrupt newspaper may grow to successfuly challenge the authority of a too-powerful President. But for those who want to know more about The Post than is shown in All The President's Men, Robert's book...
Rosenberg was right in labelling this view austere. While it is easy to admire the manner in which Rosen explores the simplistic view of humanity inherent to what he calls "fast talk and quick cure in the era of feeling," the book would nevertheless disappoint anyone seeking alternative avenues towards some brand of contentment. This, Rosen is quick to declare, was emphatically not his objective. Indeed, a fairly persistent theme of Psychobabble (one derived from Rosenberg) is that the intellectual turns answers into questions...
...improve matters, Carter must also come to some tough conclusions and realizations about himself. He must disappoint friends, even fire them if necessary. He must stonewall critics at times, reserve his power and prestige for issues that matter-not for Bert Lance. He must get mad at the right people at the right time...