"This is my worst disappointment in 46 years," Klein, 71, said Wednesday evening from his second-row baseline seat.

It was the worst disappointment Michael had ever experienced, and it destroyed all love between the couple.

As for Frank, he was the worst disappointment of all.

Not surprisingly, given these weighty expectations, the cover art shown the author is often a bad disappointment.

His worst disappointment was for Jan, the first woman he ever loved, and possibly the last.

"One of the bad disappointments I had in my life was our wedding night," she says.

"I don't think it was a bad disappointment," he said.

But that wasn't the worst disappointment.

Young, who described not winning the competition as the worst disappointment in his career, did manage to get some of his ideas out in later works.

'It was a bad disappointment,' explained Hughie meaningly.