Word: disappointment
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...letter to the Portland Oregonian, 73-year-old H. G. Wells wrote: "America expects every Englishman to do his duty, and I don't think we shall disappoint...
...sorry to disappoint you, honey," the mayor quoted himself, "but I'm not praying for our boy. I'm praying for the British Navy and the Bank of England...
THIS LAND Is OURS-Louis Zara-Houghton Mifflin ($2.75). By pure bulk of fodder this 776-page narrative of the Revolutionary frontier will satisfy munchers of romance as much as its mixture of admirable material and thoroughly uninspired talent will disappoint critics. In a Conestoga wagon, young Andrew Benton crosses the wild Alleghenies, gets into practically everything out there from the 1760s on, up to and including the last Indian war dance at Chicago...
...good start. But our high hopes are not completely fulfilled. Sonja Henie's picture, as per usual, consists of fancy skating and Scandinavian smiles--with a little plot thrown in for good measure. Ray Milland and Bob Cummings, in the roles of amorous newspaper correspondents, disappoint their city editors, but please the audience. And the broad, powdery expanse of Swiss Alps is a welcome sight after "Harvard Square's rutted slush...