Word: whimperative
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...drawn-out pauses speak more loudly than his choked words. For a man who had staked his reputation on being the tough guy who would transform his homeland into a self-confident nation with a military worthy of its economic might, the end had come with a whimper. But even stranger was the reason Abe gave during a Sept. 12 speech announcing his intent to step down as Japan's leader. In his tumultuous yearlong tenure, Abe weathered a stunning parliamentary defeat for his ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) coalition, the resignations of four of his Cabinet members, the suicide...
...called it Pirates of the Caribbean: At Wit's End. But no, in the movie's epilogue Jack Sparrow is seen setting forth in a dinghy, chasing his pirate ship, which has been mysteriously purloined. It is, shall we say, an open-ended ending. God help us, we silently whimper. You mean they're leaving the door open for another one? And another...
...AlliedBarton, and this is only the start. As one hospitalized hunger striker put it, “The struggle continues and the actions will escalate.”Yet despite all the bold proclamations, collective shouting, and drum-banging, last week’s hunger strike ended with a whimper: The University restated its existing position on wage parity, and agreed to a meaningless meeting with the Stand for Security campaign (SfS). This hardly lives up to the activists’ impossibly self-important initial vow to “physically manifest the severity of the treatment received by security...
...energy,” Nguyen said.Valkin’s play in singles was also solid, as he won, 7-6, 6-2, at No. 5 and was the first off the court.After Valkin’s win, though, Harvard’s roar became a whimper, as the Crimson lost four straight matches at No. 1-4.At No. 1, Clayton lost, 6-3, 7-5, in a match that he felt was a sub-par performance for both players.“I could have pulled the trigger at a lot of points, and I didn?...
What happened to the good ole days of campaign finance reform? It has seemingly vanished with little more than a whimper. Take the recent actions of John McCain, the champion of campaign finance legislation, who recently removed his name as co-sponsor of a bill aimed at expanding the presidential public financing program. Yes, the McCain of the McCain-Feingold bill has retreated from the battle lines. But the leading Democratic candidates have not acted any better. Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, and John Edwards have already indicated that they will be opting out of the public financing system...