This is a wonderfully constructed book but as a story it is an anti-climax.

ECONOMIST: African exploration

Indeed, after such a tense build-up, the start of the mission turned out to be a huge anti-climax.

ECONOMIST: Kosovo and Serbia

And the cheer Cameron got at Prime Minister's Questions four hours later ensured this was not the anti-climax some predicted.

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On the policy front, the introduction of the carbon tax in July was perhaps the political anti-climax of the year.

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Brabin admits their performance at the Racecourse Ground was an anti-climax.

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The end of the Stuart Highway is something of an anti-climax.

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For them the 1990s are a boring anti-climax.

ECONOMIST: The Bahamas

Talk about an anti-climax.

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