Word: disappointment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...self-respecting restaurant designer would have a field day with the salt shakers here, and Salts does not disappoint. The salt is offered in a wide, black matte clay bowl, offset by a simple wooden spoon. The restaurant's name is a reference to the ancient practice of offering salt as a sign of hospitality. Apropriately enough, the waitstaff is remarkably hospitable and prompt, and capably serving the spot's unusually delicious food...
...Naturally, the U.S. remains skeptical. National Security Advisor Sandy Berger had just three words: ?Wait and see.? But Annan, a wily diplomat who was Washington?s pick for the top job, is unlikely to disappoint. He knows a deal that ties UNSCOM?s hands is not worth coming back to New York with. His spokesman Fred Eckhard indicated that one of the major hurdles in previous Iraqi offers -- time limits on weapons inspections -- was not present in this deal. So how did Annan do it? The so-called ?white glove? solution, diplomats accompanying inspectors, is one possibility, but that...
...composite of preachers from rural Texas, Virginia and Tennessee. "I listened to the way they whoop," he says, "then hold the note and cut it with a cadence." If you expect a Jimmy Swaggart-style spellbinder, who coaxes near operatic melodrama from his rich baritone, E.F. will disappoint you. The narrow range of Duvall's voice can convey muscle and danger; the music is lacking. His whoop is a thing of will, not an expression of soulful exuberance. For that, listen to the real preachers Duvall hired for small roles. Black or white, they'll have you lining...
...layup put the Big Green ahead by two once again before Miller nailed the bigger shot of the game--and perhaps the season--for Harvard. With 3:00 left to play and Dartmouth's defense focused on stopping Feaster, Miller took center stage and did not disappoint...
Probably the biggest disappoint from the game, was the Crimson's poor percentage from behind the three point arc. Entering the game at 47 percent (fifth best in the nation), it could only manage seven buckets out of 21 attempts...