The result was still disappointing in many ways, especially to developing countries, and yet since the round's completion in 1993 the world economy has grown lustily and the biggest developing countries, China, India and Brazil, have all burst on to the global trading scene.

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The result was a disappointing one from America's point of view following on from their impressive display against England last weekend.

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Whenever he had a chance for a second look the result was nearly always disappointing: the studied gaze was always a severer arbiter.

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Its candidate Hugh Annand said the result was "extremely disappointing but perhaps not surprising" given that the Lib Dems were in government and having to take tough decisions.

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Another clear result from the two-day elections was the disappointing performance of Mr. Monti's alliance of centrists.

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Mr Brown acknowledged it was "clearly a disappointing result" for Labour but people should consider what was happening in the constituency.

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Roma coach Claudio Ranieri got the result he was after from his players after they ended a run of disappointing results with a 2-0 victory over CSKA Sofia to register their first points in Group E .

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