Word: spoiledness
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The only real tragedy was not on the ice. Saturday night, only 2200 spectators showed up to watch the icemen play a close-checking, exciting, well-played game. The Harvard fans have been so spoiled by past success that they apparently don't have time to see a less talented...
International Olympic Committee President Juan Samaranch must be one too. During his part in the ceremonies, he said, "We are convinced that once again we will demonstrate to the whole world the true meaning of sport as an illustration of friendship and fraternity, with the Olympic flag as the symbol...
Rock will stand by investments that do not become bonanzas. He helped nurse Qantel, a business-computer company, for several years until it reached sales of $49 million. It was finally sold in 1980 for $34 million. Notes his friend Sarofim: "The investors still came out ahead, but we were...
A free press is absolutely essential, but the flap over Grenada shows that spoiled brats represent it.
Electronic equipment failed, causing the loss of precious experimental data. Computers mysteriously broke down, and a larder of food inexplicably spoiled (although there were enough fresh provisions on board to keep the spacemen fed). Communications links, already occasionally garbled because of a satellite problem, were hopelessly overtaxed. A major difficulty...