Word: disappoints
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...regime of Rudolf Bing, Metropolitan Opera fans have come to take handsome new productions for granted. Last week, determined not to disappoint, Bing & Co. were putting the last loving touches to one of their most ambitious projects yet: a completely restyled version of Verdi's 90-year-old La Forza del Destino (The Force of Destiny...
...East had stirred the nation as it seldom is stirred by the spoken word, strode solemnly to the convention rostrum. The hushed hall waited, in mass expectancy, for another memorable address. Douglas MacArthur, General of the Army and one of the great orators of his day, did not disappoint his audience...
...Things perked up a bit as the eleven rolled over William and Mary and upset a highly favored Dartmouth. Al Miller, Madison Sales and a sophomore Art French, were beginning to find holes in opposing lines, and confidence soared as Tufts moved into the Stadium. The varsity didn't disappoint a packed Soldier Field as it crushed the Elephants, 69 to 6, the largest Crimson score since 1891. But joy turned to concern as undergraduates glanced at their schedules and saw that Princeton was due in Cambridge. Princeton came, and the Tiger ripped John Harvard, winning 12 to 6. Then...
...that her father was dead. The Queen returned to the lodge on her husband's arm, shaken but in full command of herself. All that afternoon, she kept busy supervising the myriad arrangements for the long trip home, penning formal regrets to the hosts she would have to disappoint, bidding goodbye and signing photographs for the staffers and attendants she was leaving behind...
...seriously bamper the playing of Princeton's excellent tallback, Dick Kazmaier. "Kaz", as he is somewhat sickeningly known on the New Jersey campus, had outgained the entire Cornell team the week before, and he held the attention of the fans and writers for the entire game. He did not disappoint them...