Word: letdowns
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...defect if he lost the nomination; just 66% say they would be content with another candidate. However, blacks may yet become so angered or frustrated by what happens to Jackson that they lose interest. Many party leaders fear what a black adviser to Dukakis calls a "real danger of letdown" -- a retreat to the sidelines -- because Jackson's success has raised expectations so high. Eddie Williams, president of the Joint Center for Political Studies, a black think tank, argues that blacks are so eager to put a Democrat in the White House that they will turn out in large numbers...
...kind of disappointing for us," Michigan State Captain Tom Tilley said. "It's been like that all season. We just don't seem to be able to handle prosperity well. We come out well for the first period or so and then we have a letdown...
...letdown against Vermont, but we've played pretty well the last few weeks," McCutcheon said...
Cornell defeated RPI, 3-2, in overtime last week and McCutcheon attributes the Vermont letdown to the fact that a win or a loss would not have changed Cornell's seeding for the tournament...
...section leaders expressed their disappointment with the cancellation, saying it was a letdown for them after all of the preparation they have done. They said they had enjoyed working with Engell on the course when it was last offered two years...