Word: whimpered
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Amid continued partisan sniping, the House hearings on the 1993 federal assault against the Branch Davidian compound near Waco, Texas, ended with a whimper, having unearthed few new facts and having elicited no major revelations. Attorney General Janet Reno firmly stood her ground and again defended her decision to go ahead with the tear-gas assault on the complex. "We all mourn the tragic outcome," she testified, "but the finger of blame points in one direction. It points directly at [sect leader] David Koresh...
...Harvard men's tennis team--sporting tans from its Spring Break trip to California--took to the courts yesterday afternoon against Columbia, the defending Eastern Intercollegiate Tennis Association (EITA), and reduced the Lions to a whimper with a 6-1 win at Palmer Dixon Courts. Columbia 1 Harvard...
...long has it been since the Harvard men's hockey team allowed itself to crumble so tragically, at home, without a whimper or any hint of fighting spirit, bowing to an enemy with so few effective weapons...
...show was touching and fiercely understated. What a good ending is supposed to be. Like an actor in a play who quietly leaves the stage after a sublime performance before the audience can erupt into applause, the show closed gracefully, without heralding or fanfare, bang or whimper. In the final scene, the seven crew members who had meant most to the show--Jean Luc, Deanna Troi, Whorf, Data, Geordi, Commander Riker, and Dr. Crusher--sat around a table after escaping their hairiest adventure ever, playing cards and talking over life. It was an elegant exit and the essence of good...
...from shouting "your momma" jokes and cracks like "your house is disconnected" at the top of my lungs. The pack is still unopened on my desk. Hardly 50 people made it out to an event that used to draw hundreds. It was nowhere near loud, and hardly even a whimper...