But Oberlin students now being described as "disheartened" by the performance of their President Obama, or standing at a distance from Oberlin's badge of honor of engaged, left-wing politics?
Mr. O'Neill appears particularly disheartened at the performance of Vice President Dick Cheney, an old friend who dismissed his efforts to depoliticize policy making and gave him the news that he was being fired.
But he was disheartened by New York City's performance.
But his performance has been disheartening for those who hoped to see a more democratic Russia shedding the habits of secrecy and indifference to human suffering that marred so many centuries of czarist and Soviet rule.
Many have been disheartened by the MDC's poor performance in government and the impotence of Morgan Tsvangirai, the prime minister and MDC leader, in the face of Mr Mugabe's obstructive tactics.
After the disheartening rout against Scotland, he instigated a performance that Italy could take pride from in their final World Cup warm-up match.
One has lost four games in a row for the first time in four years, the other is coming off a comatose performance that resulted in a disheartening loss to one of the Big East's weakest teams.
Several analysts chose the term solid to describe Big Blue's performance, but investors apparently were disheartened by the lack of signs of an industry rebound.
Secondly, and even more disheartening for those with known cirrhosis, the diagnostic performance of AFP for HCC detection is inadequate [ 10] as it is only elevated in 40-60% of positive cases.
