Word: whimperative
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...slippery slope that opened before them in Hainan. All's well that ends well? By no means. China will keep pressing, and the U.S. will keep pressing back. Crises will recur - perhaps all the way to a new cold war. But remember how the first one ended: with a whimper, not with a bang. Cold wars don't turn hot in the shadow of the bomb...
...album starts with a bang and ends with a (synthesized) whimper. In a possible bid to define himself as a new icon of electronica, Mirwais goes all out in his first track, “Disco Science.” Hardly a second goes by without some sound effect or riff slashing across the tapestry of the sample. The sound evokes leather jackets, flashy cars and a style that is as much nightclub as it is disco. With a bass that’s downright sleazy and a palette of rhythms flavored with striptease, “Disco Science?...
...credit from his unpretentious diplomatic style". The Times concluded that while much remains to be done in that troubled region, "he is off to an impressive start." By contrast, the conservative Washington Times was scathing: Powell "went into the Middle East with a bang and came out with a whimper." Accusing Powell of following up America's bombing of the Baghdad radars (a good thing) with easing sanctions on Saddam (a bad thing), it sneered that his aim seems to be to figure out "how the United States can best bow to pressure from the Arab world." Equally...
...Charlotte Church were handing out tiny gold statuettes to artists you may nor may not have heard of, for albums you probably never listened to, as part of a pre-telecast program that you will almost certainly never see. The 43rd Grammy Awards had begun with a characteristic whimper. On the streets around the Staples Center, curious ticketless onlookers had already gathered. On stage, tiny outrages were already taking place. In the wordy category of Best Song Written for Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media, "Things Have Changed?" from "Wonder Boys?" written by Bob Dylan, lost out to "When...
...fact, party activists, once bent on cutting school breakfasts and midnight basketball, actually applauded Powell--who actually wore a white shirt. He chastised those who "miss no opportunity to roundly and loudly condemn affirmative action that helped a few thousand black kids get an education" but hardly utter "a whimper when it's affirmative action for lobbyists..." He also took them to task for keeping so much wealth on their side of the wall, for building too few schools and too many jails...