Word: disappoint
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with a projected $1.3 billion budget deficit. Even some of Dinkins' backers have qualms about his ability to hold the unions in check. Says financier Felix Rohatyn, head of Dinkins' informal team of economic advisers: "He is so innately decent that he is really not used to having to disappoint people. And yet, in this job, he'll have...
...were an off-Broadway producer who had hired movie star William Hurt, would you cast him as a crude, subliterate UPS deliveryman who has little to do, and less to say, in a fantasy piece centered on a pathetic and prematurely old widow? If so, you would disappoint audiences as keenly as New York City's Circle Repertory is doing...
...Manhattan Borough president did not disappoint his backers. Running through his list of personal, national and local gratitude, he stopped to mention "that man of towering talent who touched the face of history--the Rev. Jesse Jackson...
Overall, Built to Last is a very soft-spoken album. The tempered pace may disappoint fans who enjoyed the quick cadences and easy accessibility of In the Dark, but the soft, melodic nature and homogeneous texture of Built to Last lends the Dead's newest project strength as well as weaknesses. The album does hold up well after repeated listening, and while none of the tracks are particularly catchy, they are interesting enough to be fresh the second and third time around...
...emphasis of tangential storylines and development of Abraham's role would have improved the movie's plot. Although the movie's ambitions overtake its accomplishments, die-hard Tom Selleck fans will like his performance, and F. Murray Abraham does not disappoint...