Word: disappoint
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...letter ends with an exhortation to the sponsors of the meeting to come forth and declare their belief that "Social and economic theories now in practice in Russia are in any sense applicable to the traditions, institutions and aims of this country." We are sorry to disappoint, but none of us can make such a statement. We vary in our opinions from those who believe the work the Soviets are doing in Russia is at least an improvement over the age-long terrorism of the Czar to those who condemn it. None of us maintain that the program and methods...
...sudden news that an important speaking trip will prevent ex-President Taft from speaking to members of the University two weeks hence on the League of Nations will disappoint very many students who hoped to hear him. Students, in fact most people in the country, are in need of just such a stimulus...
...other Freshman class, each member has a correspondingly larger personal responsibility. What it misses in numbers, it surely must have in collective capacity. There is always more potentiality in Freshmen than in the other groups of undergraduates. We not only expect but we are sure that 1921 will not disappoint the hope of all Harvard men--a hope that it may shed more honor on its guide than all preceding classes...
...Smith. The author makes ingenious use of the small boy's point of view to relate a fragment of the Saga of Eric the Red. The difficult style is well sustained, and the story is remarkable for happily chosen details. The small space devoted to the inner plot will disappoint readers who admire Kipling's "Puck of Puck Hill" series...
...meeting of the Athletic Committee from one of the Crack Canadian Teams with which we were going to play our first game. It seems that they were such cracks that they had a split in the team, and are therefore obliged to cancel the game. In order not to disappoint the immense crowd who has already bought his ticket, and to spare us the bother of cancelling a tremendous order with the Harvard Brewing Company for that night, we have decided to accept your offer of a practice game. We warn you however, that we will come fully equipped with...