Word: letdowns
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...reason was simply that the euphoria, in his view, was getting out of hand. And mindful of past occasions when rosy prognostications had ended in a nationwide letdown, the President decided last week that it was time to inject some sober realism into the mood...
Weekend at Dunkirk. This random, well-photographed essay on the futility of war will prove a letdown to audiences lured by the marquee pull of Jean-Paul Belmondo. As a French soldier sweating through the British evacuation of Dunkirk in 1940, Belmondo braves German bullets, saves Catherine Spaak from rape, and growls defiance in a flat Yankee accent. Seems he has been dubbed as well as drubbed, and any nuances that his gravelly, one-of-a-kind voice might have lent to the performance are effectively erased. With only one ace in the whole, the distributors of Dunkirk might have...
Furthermore, Cornell is in the thick of a torrid Ivy League race, and simply can't afford to suffer a letdown against a second-division team. The Big Red has a 5-2 mark in league play; Penn. Princeton, and Cornell are all tied for first with 6-1 marks...
...track team should have little trouble with Boston College at Briggs Cage on Saturday afternoon. Old injurious and a post-holiday letdown could hurt Harvard, but prospects for the third straight victory this year are bright...
...varsity game at 8:30 p.m. should be quite a letdown, but it might be a happy occasion for Harvard fans. Holy Cross was hit hard by graduation losses, and with some good shooting the Crimson might even score a runaway victory...