Word: chagrined
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...event was “just another day hanging with celebs.” Porter adds, “They are pretty normal people. They ask you about Harvard like anyone else.” An hour and a half late, Randy stumbles into the restaurant, much to the chagrin of the promotional consultants. He makes few attempts to talk to the seniors, immediately claiming a seat at the opposite end of the table and proceeding to dive into Brother Jimmy’s succulent baby-back ribs...
...polished piece that ran in the magazine. In this case the writer was John McPhee, who would go on to become a distinguished contributor to The New Yorker and author of 25 books, including "Coming into the Country" and "Annals of the Former World." John's story, to my chagrin, used only a few snippets of my material. But it was a breezy, bemused account that had something my reporting lacked: perspective. I hope I learned something from it. In any case, two and a half years later, I got my own back. When the release of "Sgt. Pepper" prompted...
...airlines' chagrin, this hasn't stopped passengers from following Sperry's lascivious lead. Nearly every flight attendant has had to deal with such meetings, says a 15-year veteran stewardess for a large Asian airline. "Usually, the people are drunk," she says. Officially, however, airlines pooh-pooh the topic. "Honestly, I have never heard of it happening," says Cathay Pacific spokeswoman Lisa Wong. At KLM, flag carrier for the Netherlands, spokesman Youssef Eddini was taken aback that we even popped the question. "It is simply not allowed," he ruled. Even the spokeswoman for Virgin Atlantic?whose owner, Richard Branson, once...
...friends smoking marijuana. Pulling the stick of pot out of the girl?s mouth, he exclaimed, ?What?s a joint like this doing in a nice girl like you??? At the time I was tickled to have received $50 for 43 words. Today, I look back in chagrin, to see I was once so naive, I didn?t know ?joint? had a phallic meaning. More embarrassment: glancing at that page in the July 1967 issue, I see that the word ?Richard?s? is written next to the joke - in my mother?s handwriting...
...dismissed when the accuser refused to testify after settling a civil suit in which the family was reportedly paid $20 million--and rumors of infantile predation have hounded him since. The first time a star makes horrific headlines, the reaction is shock. The second time, it may be chagrin. The third time, it should be just a sigh...