Word: chagrined
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...Vieira, one of the show's on-air correspondents, seated in a chair, head shyly hidden in folded arms -- and pink taffeta skirt hiked up, revealing an extravagance of thighs and a beauty mark on the inside | of her knee. Gordon promptly called the magazine to protest. To her chagrin, she soon learned that Vieira herself was unruffled. Indeed, the 34-year-old journalist had happily posed for the photo. Says she: "I don't think they did me wrong." Nor was Vieira offended by Television Critic Tom Shales' accompanying mash note that begins by comparing...
...Lloyd Webber's chagrin, his relationship with his flashy wife has become a staple of London's racy tabloids. Brightman has been vilified as a "home wrecker" who came between Lloyd Webber and his first wife (referred to as Sarah I, while Brightman is Sarah II). Last year there were so many breathless "exclusives" about shouting matches between husband and wife and an affair that Brightman was allegedly having with an old boyfriend that Lloyd Webber slapped libel suits on several of the more gossipy tabloids. The papers settled or retracted, and Lloyd Webber sent the money to various charities...
...grand scheme of apartheid, large blocks of territory would be settled with blacks and turned into "independent" satellites of Pretoria. Transkei, the first such state, was created in 1976 and has no international recognition. Still, to Pretoria's chagrin, Transkei behaves like many other nations. It has scandals and corruption, and last week it had its second coup in three months...
Never-Never Land: Last year, the NCAA instituted the three-point line, much to the chagrin of Harvard's foes. The Crimson shooters took advantage of the new rule, hitting 42 percent of its three-pointers...
...good fun must come to an end, however--or so thought one South Yard proctor who threatened to sent the author of the "voice" straight to the Ad Board, according to students. But to the proctor's chagrin, his own voice was sent, via the hookup, echoing across the Yard...