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Dependable Terry Robinson (number three), fresh from an impressive 3-0 win at Princeton, suffered no letdown. With his usual finesse, Robinson trounced Bill Ewen...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racketmen Beat Williams for 39th Win | 2/18/1965 | See Source »

After the tension, the gaiety and the personal triumph of his inauguration came a letdown for Lyndon Johnson -and a scare...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Presidency: After The Ball | 1/29/1965 | See Source »

...prudent investor might argue that Yale is overdue for a "big game," and that Dartmouth is bound to suffer a letdown after beating the Crimson. But late news from New Haven suggests that this is unlikely...

Author: By Richard Andrews, | Title: Paper that Chose Alf Landon in '36 Presents Infallible 2-Team Parlay | 10/31/1964 | See Source »

Harvard may buffer a letdown after two tough weekends in a row--first the Princeton much and then the national championship--out unless the Crimson goes fintter than sonny Liston tomorrow, the match will be interesting only for its effects on several personal and team records...

Author: By Donald E. Graham, | Title: Crimson Should Squash Weaker Williams Today | 2/26/1964 | See Source »

...Russia's faltering economy is more than a disappointment to the consumer. The letdown strikes at the heart of Communist theology, which borrows freely from the Utopian philosophers in envisioning the age of plenty as the final, inevitable stage of man's progress to perfection...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Russia: Tomorrow Is Three Suits | 2/21/1964 | See Source »

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