Word: chagrins
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Trying in Brussels, meanwhile, to form a Cabinet was Belgian Liberal Paul Emile Janson. He hustled over to London to tell Leopold III he had lined up the necessary majority, returned to Brussels accompanying His Majesty, discovered to his chagrin that the backing he thought he had obtained had slipped away. Thus Professor van Zeeland, who offered his resignation on Oct. 25, remained Premier of Belgium...
...water-cooled Hispano-Suiza engines, has 161-ft. wing spread-wider than any U. S. air-plane-but she cruises at only 142 m.p.h. Two years ago, she was anchored in Pensacola Bay while her crew was ashore, capsized during a squall, was salvaged with difficulty, flown home in chagrin...
...chagrin of the clubwomen and President Lyons, who never misses an opportunity to proclaim the cultural advantage of "The Borough of Universities" (Fordham, N. Y. U.), less than 500 people came to the opening concert. Foreseeing deficits of $1.500 per concert, the thrifty backers of The Bronx Symphony backed out. Last week, for the time being at least, The Bronx Symphony appeared faced with the appalling prospect of meeting its contracts with Mr. Marrow and his men by holding concerts in Brooklyn or Manhattan. Wistfully to President Lyons the pressagent of the Symphony wrote that the performance had been...
...persuades the man to discard his vapid beauty and give Terry Randall (Miss Bennett) an audition. They come around at midnight, drag Terry out of bad, and Mr. Gretzl (the producer), blows cigar smoke in her face. The unhappy young woman breaks down in a fit of coughing and chagrin, but all is saved when her sensitive friend throws off his bondage, buys the play, and takes her over professionally and personally...
When Manhattan police last week arrested a doctor, a lawyer and several solicitors and "victims" of heart disease, Dr. Wyckoff faced the amazing fact that he had been their unwitting accomplice. Chagrin and mortification are bad medicine for weak hearts, and Dr. Wyckoff's heart was weak...