Word: disappointment
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Tasty, tasty sushi. If you’re looking to get your daily dose of sashimi, Takemura is a Square stalwart that doesn’t disappoint. Dragon rolls, spider rolls, and all the usual suspects make their appearance on a menu filled with fresh, reasonably-priced goodies...
...that not only stops traffic, but also starts people talking. But this phenomenon generally happens when you're driving something a lot more expensive. You'd expect the killer design of the Audi R-8, for instance, to elicit some oohs and aahs, and it doesn't disappoint; it's a dazzler. The Bentley Continental Supersports is another jaw dropper that can motor along at 200 m.p.h., if you call that motoring. But the Audi goes for $113,000; the Bentley costs $100,000 more. (See pictures of GM's 2010 lineup, including the Camaro...
...dealing with the lives of people. When you manage a war, the fuel of wars is people, be it from your side or your enemy's side. So you are dealing with a very dangerous issue and tend to be more objective than anyone else. General Gration did not disappoint us. He was very objective, courageous, and gave his opinion based on what he saw on the ground...
...chapters in, I paused to reworship A Wrinkle in Time. Her enthusiasm can hardly be contained. "It's taking all my strength to not type the book for you in its entirety," she writes of Little House in the Big Woods. Only occasionally does a former treasure disappoint; on revisiting Go Ask Alice, Skurnick dismisses it as "TRULY THE WORST-WRITTEN BOOK IN THE WORLD...
...project didn't disappoint. Atlas Obscura has quickly become a travel guide for voyagers in search of destinations that would normally never crack tourist itineraries. In Liverpool, there's an art installation consisting of 100 identical statues of the naked artist. In Zurich, there's the Moulagenmuseum, dedicated solely to displaying wax representations of painful facial diseases. And in Brooklyn, there's a secret tunnel under Atlantic Avenue, where the body of a murdered British man is still likely hidden somewhere in the walls. More helpful still, Atlas Obscura includes a map for each oddity's location and frequently includes...