Sentences with phrase «by years of disappointment»

Unfortunately, she was cut down to size by years of disappointment, and by her first love — a Hollywood director.

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My own view is that the palpable sense of disappointment being felt by many leveraged investors in residential property is likely to grow further for the next year or so, possibly longer.

What might be surprising is that the stock selection performance depicted above was my primary source of disappointment last year, and largely explains the tepid returns achieved by the Strategic Growth Fund in 2006.

Moreover, the discontent expressed at last year's AGM was also connected to other factors, including pay - for - performance concerns raised by a proxy advisor and a general disappointment with the (not so restraining) effects of the Minder regulation.

Though the 156,000 jobs added in August's labor market report fell short of the figure predicted in consensus forecasts, any disappointment was muted by the historical tendency of data in August to be adjusted at a later date, with the initial level of hiring revised higher in five of the last six years.

Same case to me, last year after I saw a nice picture of this custard mooncake by a famous restaurant here, I have been looking for a recipe of it but end up with disappointment.

Mourinho, however, is reportedly confident that the 23 - year - old can rediscover his form next season and could be spurred on by the disappointment of missing out on this summer's Copa America tournament through injury.

After Congressman Victor L. Berger, a member of the National Socialist Party who was convicted of «impeding the war effort,» was sentenced by Landis to the maximum penalty, the Judge remarked, «It was my great disappointment to give Berger only 20 years in Leavenworth.

Disappointment in the pre-season transfer window, followed by rationalizations of why we should give the team and Wenger a chance and not write them off before a ball is kicked in anger, followed by analyzing each set back as «too early to panic» followed by excuses about injuries and referees, followed by anger and disappointment after the inevitable reality sets in and Arsenal are effectively eliminated from the PL race before the year is even finished and the PL has reached its hDisappointment in the pre-season transfer window, followed by rationalizations of why we should give the team and Wenger a chance and not write them off before a ball is kicked in anger, followed by analyzing each set back as «too early to panic» followed by excuses about injuries and referees, followed by anger and disappointment after the inevitable reality sets in and Arsenal are effectively eliminated from the PL race before the year is even finished and the PL has reached its hdisappointment after the inevitable reality sets in and Arsenal are effectively eliminated from the PL race before the year is even finished and the PL has reached its half way point.

This put behind last years disappointment of narrowly missing out on a cup final, where they were beaten by Teeside 1s.

And you can add that to the list of disappointments seeing my favorite players leaving year by year, but this time I can't take it.

The 28 - year - old bounced back from the disappointment of finishing third at last weekend's Anniversary Games by returning to the top spot of the podium.

But instead, the Royal Dutch Football Federation (KNVB) appointed another stalwart Guus Hiddink, who was then replaced by Danny Blind, followed by Advocaat — all in the space of just over three - and - a-half years as the national team slumped from one disappointment to another, missing out on qualification for both the 2016n Euros and then 2018 World Cup.

They are often the outgrowth of years of hard work — meaning both time and real dedication — and are often accompanied by many disappointments and setbacks.

The message being pushed by the party is that they are back from the disappointment of losing the White House last year and setting themselves up for a strong showing in 2018.

In a year to be dominated by the economy Mr Darling's first Budget as chancellor proved a bit of a disappointment.

Take a Pulitzer Prize - winning author's first original screenplay, attach a respected director whose last film was considered a disappointment by many, and add a cast that includes Michael Fassbender (one of the highlights of that disappointing film), Brad Pitt, Javier Bardem, Penelope Cruz, and Cameron Diaz, and you have a solid formula for one of the most anticipated films of the year.

The Walk finished with a domestic gross of just $ 10.1 million, making it by far the biggest flop of Zemeckis» directing career (though much less costly than the mocap family film Mars Needs Moms that he produced) and one of the biggest financial disappointments of the year.

The fact that the most recent film by Terrence Malick is postponed for spring 2013 and that I was unable to see it this year is the biggest disappointment of this year.

I'm sure some people out there are screaming that winning and losing is antithetical to the discussion of art, so let me just simplify it by saying that Alexandre Moors» «The Yellow Birds» and Alex Ross Perry's «Golden Exits» are two of this year's biggest disappointments.

Before Midnight — by Julie Delpy, Ethan Hawke, Richard Linklater Based on: the twenty year odyssey of a relationship that really consists of ideas — love, disappointment, success, marriage — the big stuff that tends to define our lives as we go from being young to old.

Not as commendable were the slick but forgettable Leatherface, the first disappointment by French filmmaking duo Alexandre Bustillo and Julien Maury; the Spierig Brothers» Jigsaw, part 8 of the exhausted Saw series; the dull Amityville: The Awakening by Franck Khalfoun, usually a respectable genre director, who does still add his share of clever touches (and meta moments, like when a group of teenagers watch the original Amityville Horror in the «real» Amityville haunted house, into which one's family has just moved); Open Water 3: Cage Dive, whose shark - franchise designation was tacked on as an afterthought, not that it helped to draw in audiences (in an anemic year for great whites, 47 Meters Down takes the prize for the best shark film); Jeepers Creepers 3, a super-limited release — surely in part because of director Victor Salva's history as a convicted child molester — which just a tiny bit later would probably have been shelved permanently in light of the slew of reprehensible - male - behavior outings in recent months.

I've felt protective of his characters» various love interests — played by talented, lovely actresses like Anna Faris and Emily Blunt — over the years, just as I've wondered what hellish life disappointment has spurred these fictional women to assume that this fella might be a good idea as a lover and partner.

Release: Friday, August 18, 2017 → Theater Written by: Rebecca Blunt Directed by: Steven Soderbergh Logan Lucky represents the first film from Oscar - winning director Steven Soderbergh in four years, since he left audiences divided with a convoluted pharma - thriller whose lingering side effects included, but were not limited to, headaches, confusion and pangs of disappointment.

By the end of the school year, he was able to express his disappointment in a calm, factual manner.

ALTON, Va. — Mark Wilkins of Mulmur, Ont., Canada, came back from disappointment on Saturday to score his second Pirelli World Challenge TCR race victory of the year Sunday in the Round 4 40 - minute sprint race at VIRginia International Raceway in the PWC Grand Prix of Virginia presented by Audi Sport.

On one hand, there are worse ways to start a new year than with world record - breaking sales in your App Store; on the other hand, it might make the rest of the year a bit of a disappointment by comparison.

Set in modern - day India, it is the story of two compelling and achingly real women: Sera Dubash, an upper - middle - class Parsi housewife whose opulent surroundings hide the shame and disappointment of her abusive marriage, and Bhima, a stoic illiterate hardened by a life of despair and loss, who has worked in the Dubash household for more than twenty years.

A woman of nearly thirty years old, with a face scored by disappointment, mother to an absent son, a widow without prospect of remarriage, the sole survivor of an unlucky family, heiress to scandal.

By the time George W. Bush took office 20 years later, the top rate of 39.6 % seemed high, and Bush expressed disappointment that he could reduce it only as far as 35 %.

Also home to a select few hotels and guest houses, booking early to avoid disappointment is often advised, as many of the places to stay get booked up quickly by return visitors and people that holiday in the area a few times every year.

Whenever Square Enix have come to Nintendo systems in recent years, there's usually a huge gasp of excitement followed by a big sigh of disappointment.

This year's VGX Awards were a hard disappointment but one of its silver linings was No Man's Sky — an incredible looking indie game developed by four people.

It's already been well articulated by so many respondents to this survey, but 2014 will inevitably and rightly be remembered as a year of disappointment and catastrophe.

Seeing New York again after years of traveling, Rubinfien notes how the city «is characterized by the sense of promise it holds out to the thousands of people who come to make their way here, by its harshness, its mixed sense of brightness and disappointment, by how it places itself within us yet always remains unknowable.»

While the bezels shrunk on the Nokia 6, by no stretch is this a bezel-less phone — HMD still held on to the 16:9 aspect ratio this year, which is a bit of a disappointment.

Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) expressed disappointment that Rep. Cliff Stearns (R - FL), Chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations for the House Energy and Commerce Committee, has put politics before lifesaving health care by launching what appears to be a politically motivated investigation and demanding an onerous amount of records from PPFA and its 83 affiliates, some going as far back as 13 years.

Thanks to the National Rural Health Alliance for the link to the Budget lock up presentation by Health Minister Greg Hunt detailing his first, second and third waves of reform, which make it clear why there is disappointment on Indigenous health funding, particularly given the poor Close the Gap report card earlier this year, and on prevention.

I have worked with many married couples in crisis over the years where one partner could have avoided an immense amount of pain, disillusionment and disappointment by honestly considering these questions.