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...challenge the referee’s ruling, flanked closely by Ruggiero and McAuliffe, who insisted that they too had stopped battling only after hearing a whistle. After an extended official timeout was called for the referee to examine the replay, the goal was confirmed, much to the chagrin of Harvard’s skaters, who had remained on the ice during the entire stoppage of play...
...last week Khan, a hero to Pakistanis and many others in the Islamic world, came on the air, ashen and visibly shaken, to confess that he had sold Pakistan's nuclear secrets to Libya, Iran and North Korea. He begged for President Pervez Musharraf's pardon--and, to the chagrin of many Western intelligence agencies that regard Khan as the world's most dangerous nuclear proliferator, it was granted the next day. "He has made mistakes, but he is our hero," said Musharraf...
...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...