Word: letdowns
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...Whose Letdown...
...convinced, Americans no longer had that healthy sense of urgency. He had expected some such letdown along about next September, he went on, but he was astonished to have the reaction come so soon. He charged the press, commentators, political speechmakers, television, with contributing to the lightheartedness...
...merchants, who always expect a letdown in business after the Christmas rush, blinked their eyes in amazement. The stores were jammed last week with customers engaged in the biggest buying spree since July. Department-store sales soared 39% over the same week a year...
When Victoria came onstage in Carnegie Hall, plump but pretty in a black gown and pearls, she got welcoming applause befitting an established favorite. It was a situation almost overripe for a letdown, but Soprano de los Angeles lived up to her notices...
...saucy, off-key voice something like a boy soprano's. Then Elsa climbed on top of the grand piano to pitch a mildly off-color number called The Janitor's Boy. The audience liked some of Elsa's pitches, but they were a little letdown by the delivery: she made no effort to cozy up to the customers between numbers. Persian Room audiences have been trained on entertainers who glide around the ringside tables, wooing the patrons with vocal ardor and sentiment...