Word: whimperative
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...nothing worse than grilled vegetables." But she also offers pronouncements on such wide-ranging subjects as golfing with men (Don't; "[they] can throw off your stroke"), marriage, world leaders and diva attitude: "You have to come on with a bang. You never want to go out with a whimper. Everything has drama if it's done right. Even a pancake." Flambe flapjacks aside, Child has her reflective moments, as well as a couple of unsettling ones. "Always remember," she says, "if you're alone in the kitchen and you drop the lamb, you can always just pick...
More often, unsatisfactory relationships end with a whimper. Whether because of indifference to advising in general or a distaste for a particular person, some students use advisers for study card signatures and little else...
...match was played on Senior Night at Columbia Union, and was the final hurrah for Pioneer seniors Nathan French and Jeff Badillo. Despite the ceremony, Harvard saw to it that the hurrah was more a whimper than a roar...
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...