Word: crestfallen
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...mark the 25th anniversary of his conservative biweekly National Review, the event was marred by one disappointing absence: the guest of honor, President-elect Ronald Reagan, who was in Southern California trying to pick a Cabinet. "Reagan had no memory of the dinner," explained Buckley. "He was absolutely crestfallen...
...Crestfallen but undaunted, Lash continued to search for a publisher. He quickly found one at Doubleday, which gave him a "small contract." Two months after Lash completed his manuscript, Hammerskjold was dead and the world was hungry for news about the man. Lash's book was published in a dozen foreign languages. Suddenly, he could look past daily journalism. "There were two beneficiaries from Hammerskjold's death," he quips today. "Khruschev and Joe Lash...
Friends of Beckwith, 51, a true, if little-publicized, hero of Special Forces missions in Viet Nam, insist that he returned crestfallen from the failure in the desert, angry at being ordered to end the effort and on the verge of resigning his commission. But last week he appeared at a select Pentagon press conference at which photos were banned to protect his potential future usefulness in covert operations. He brusquely denied all allegations that he had opposed the decision to abort...
...Johns collected one goal each period, to the delight of their mostly crestfallen rooting section. But coach Marty Pierce's squad shut down every Shrewsbury rally before it had a chance to begin...