Word: whimperative
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...weeks are going to be weeks that will change central Europe forever,” said Przemyslaw Grudzinski, Poland’s ambassador to the U.S. “We would like to conclude the epoch of these first 10 years after gaining independence with a bang, not a whimper...
BOSTON—For Shannon P. O’Brien, it ended with a whimper...
...novel, Lanchester manages to create a character even more restrained than Tom. Matthew ably illustrates the complexities of running a Hong Kong business after the 1997 handover, but makes such a light impression that he threatens to disappear from the page. As a result, the novel ends with a whimper...
...Miramax Films began life with a celebrity editor, Tina Brown; with the requisite '90s whiff of "synergy" (articles becoming books becoming movies becoming magazine covers!); and with a party, complete with fireworks and paparazzi, at the feet of the Statue of Liberty. It ended life last week with a whimper, as Brown tearfully broke the news of its closing to her staff, followed by a subdued dinner...
...opening and closing segments to sustain the show’s excitement. It’s a philosophy she says she learned early in her television career: “You go on with a bang and you don’t want to go out with a whimper...