Word: chagrinned
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...Chagrin Falls, Ohio...
None of Halsy's pretensions is quite as labored as the 97-minute one that Furie has concocted. Pollard, an amalgam of chagrin and Silly Putty, is C.W. Mossier than ever. Redford is one of the few actors who can look gaudy wearing nothing but blue jeans. But both characters have infantile psyches; they seem as incapable of sorrow as of happiness. The aimless script is even more anesthetized. Its lame jokes are articulated by stunted heroes and vapid chicks: the halt leading the bland. Though its budget appears generous, the film's editing is cut-rate; scenes...
...Ralph Nader. In the latest joust, a group of lawyers backed by Nader in the "Project for Corporate Responsibility" bought a dozen G.M. shares and suggested that a series of consumer-oriented resolutions be put to a vote at the annual meeting. G.M. brusquely refused. To G.M.'s chagrin, the Securities and Exchange Commission then ordered it to put two of the resolutions to a vote. One would add three public representatives to G.M.'s board; the other would create a committee, partially made up of outsiders, to oversee the company's efforts in safety and pollution...
...John Stennis is fond of saying: "If it is the law in the South, it is the law outside the South." Like many of his fellow Southerners, Stennis is upset by what he considers the unfair treatment of his region by the Federal Government. To a large extent, his chagrin is understandable. Ever since the Government began its efforts to do away with school segregation, it has aimed its heaviest legal guns at the eleven Southern states, virtually ignoring educational segregation in the North...
...expected to begin this week. Both sides are careening toward it on a collision course. A head count by Republican leaders last week showed 54 Senators planning to vote against Haynsworth or leaning that way. Only 36 backed the taciturn South Carolinian. Ten remained undecided. To Nixon's chagrin, the opposition included 18 Republicans, among them Minority Leader Hugh Scott, Assistant Leader Robert Griffin and Caucus Chairman Margaret Chase Smith. Haynsworth's chances received a severe blow when Senator Jack Miller of Iowa announced his opposition. It was the first break in conservative G.O.P. ranks...