Word: disappoint
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...subject to the same regulatory rules that they are. Similarly, the weaker House version would not run into as much opposition from hospitals and doctors, who don't want yet another government plan squeezing them the way that Medicare does. However, that kind of plan would disappoint many liberals, who had hoped that a muscular public plan might be the first step toward a national single-payer system, similar to that of Canada and Britain...
...underclassmen plenty of opportunities to thrive, and the Crimson responded by finishing with 10 wins in its best performance since 2001.With its stellar freshmen and sophomores one year wiser and its seniors ready to take charge, Harvard had high hopes heading into the 2008 season. It did not disappoint, improving its league record to 5-1-1 and entering the NCAA tournament on an eight-game unbeaten streak.The turnaround was partially a product of Leone’s ability to take full advantage of his situation.“We’ve had great recruits the last couple years...
...anything, Sotomayor may disappoint activists on the left who were hoping that Obama would choose a two-fisted progressive to trade punches with Justice Antonin Scalia, who anchors the conservative end of the court. There are episodes in her history as a judge that Republicans will scrutinize carefully, especially an affirmative-action decision that the Supreme Court is re-examining right now. But absent a time bomb hidden among her rulings and public statements, there's not much Sotomayor's opponents can do to turn her into a scary radical - or to counter that compelling personal story. (Read "Judge Sonia...
...What those decisions offer is a portrait of a moderately liberal jurist, one who may disappoint activists on the left who were hoping that Obama would choose a two-fisted progressive to trade punches with Justice Antonin Scalia, who anchors the conservative end of the court. On Thursday, when he met her for the first time, Obama, a former law professor, engaged Sotomayor, who rose to the federal appeals court in 1998, in a lengthy discussion about the court and the Constitution. Earlier Tuesday, a senior adviser to the President told TIME, "What the President told us afterward was that...
...greatest coaches in NBA history. He won 638 regular-season games during 13 years in the league and another 75 in his 12 playoff appearances. When the time came to pick a coach for the greatest team ever assembled, our nation turned to Coach Daly. He didn't disappoint, leading the Dream Team to Olympic gold...