Word: disappoints
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...decree is bound to disappoint and anger the leftist fringe of Roman Catholicism, especially in Latin America. It comes in the very week that Brazil's leading spokesman for liberation theology, Father Leonardo Boff, is due in Rome to undergo interrogation on his writings. The Vatican also faces a decision on what to do about the liberation-minded priests in Nicaragua, including Father Cardenal, who last week defied a church deadline for quitting government posts. The unusual haste with which the document was printed also indicates that John Paul wants to clear the air before next month, when...
Richard Halverson, 68, chaplain of the U.S. Senate, on "word merchants" in the chamber: "Help them to appreciate the power of words... to honor, to disparage; to encourage, to disappoint; to comfort, to embarrass; to edify, to offend; to strengthen, to weaken; to motivate, to immobilize; to give hope, to frustrate; to purify, to pollute; to build, to destroy...
While registration foes might cheer at the sorry record of action by both the Selective Service and the Justice Department, the issue goes beyond whether their mission is good or bad. The actions of the two agencies in continuing to mislead the public as to their capabilities should disappoint registration advocates and opponents alike...
...Harvard. I love it. However, everywhere Third World and woman students were for support, they are consistantly refused. Whether or not these activities do get on the official calculate, there will be events sponsored by students for this Morning women and Third World freshmen. But Harvard, please don't disappoint them or us again. Pauline W. Chen '86 Co-provided, Radcliffe Asian-American Women's Group Co-vice-president, Harvard-Radcliffe Asian- American Association Member, Third World students Alliance
...INSTANCE only does Davies' characterization disappoint. Maria is half-Gypsy, a fact which she conceals partly out of a fear of making herself interesting in a cheap way, but also because her garlicky, long-skirted mother does not conform to her self-image, her need for smooth modernity and rationality. Maria's ostensible embarrassment over her heritage is a dirty trick to play. She is too finely tuned to admit this sort of flaw blithely; by nature a vivid personality. She must and does go to great lengths to avoid trite melodrama. The words she utters...