Word: underwhelmingness
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Carol Nichols, a jewelry designer, stood up, clutched a microphone and launched in. "There's an incredible amount of spending that we are being asked to finance," she began, "and we are not seeing the benefit." The $787 billion stimulus plan, she declared, has produced "underwhelming" results. Energy costs will...
Hong Kong Disneyland - the beleaguered park that has drawn underwhelming reviews for its thin lineup of attractions - needed a lifeline. On Tuesday it got one, when the Hong Kong government and Walt Disney executives reached a deal to expand Disney's second Asian theme park over the next five years...
The archived results of this study, published for the first time in the June issue of The Atlantic, are somewhat underwhelming. Education, marriage, moderate alcohol intake, and exercise are fairly reliable predictors of happiness; so are certain “mature adaptations” taken in responding to challenges, such...
But blasphemously, in most U.S. states, it's an also-ran: the sport only obnoxious, bloodthirsty goons follow. You won't find matches televised on ESPN anymore, since the ratings outside of the playoffs were apparently underwhelming. (The underdog upstart Versus network carries most National Hockey League games now.) And...
The University announced Monday that it will discontinue staffed food services at both the Widener Library Café and the Quad’s Penthouse Coffee Bar in the coming months, although both spaces will remain open for student and staff use. The moves are among $77 million in cuts...