Word: whimperative
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Walton added an insurance goal with 2:18 remaining in regulation to put the Crimson up 12-8 and silence B.C.'s last whimper of hope...
...once seemed impossible, but another giant has been toppled. In Syracuse, N.Y., the last survivor of the Bonwit Teller department store chain, whose flagship store once graced Fifth Avenue, officially went out of business Monday. It was more of a whimper than a thud. The chain's legendary Manhattan store, which had vaulted ceilings and was the first U.S. retailer to sell European clothing, closed its doors more than a decade a go - its site is now occupied by the gaudy Trump Tower and a Nike emporium - and the final store of the chain hadn't turned a profit...
Like the much-over-hyped Y2K crisis, Boris N. Yeltsin stepped down from the Russian presidency on the last day of 1999 not with a bang, but with a whimper. In a tearful address, Yeltsin apologized to the Russian people for the continued hardships of everyday life across the country, despite his repeated promises to cure Russia's woes. Yeltsin's parting words were a far cry from his defiant stance against a communist coup in August 1991, when he memorably leapt on a tank. While this time Yeltsin stole the New Year's thunder, he did the mature thing...