Word: chagrins
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...defeated had seldom been heard of before and were rarely heard of again. They, therefore, looked forward with some eagerness to the finals of the annual Nice tourney in which, they saw, Mlle. Lenglen would doubtless be opposed by Miss Elizabeth Ryan, famed California player. What was their chagrin when Miss Ryan defaulted in the second round! Nice buzzed. It was another trick of long-legged Lenglen, said loungers. She had used unworthy pressure to have Miss Ryan withdraw so that she, Lenglen, might go undefeated, remain a legend. To crown the mess, they, disgusted, boycotted the tourney...
...Swan. In the person of Adolphe Menjou naughtiness achieves a grace, a punctilious elegance which may well chagrin the Prince of Darkness himself. In the first scene of this picture Mr. Menjou, Crown Prince of Hungary, is awakened by a fly which alights on the end of his nose and inspires him, while he buttons his tunic, to relate to the officers of his staff an impolite story which is one of the most consummate pieces of pantomime that has ever enriched the cinema. He starts down to breakfast, falls in love with a charming proletarian whom he meets...
...political enemies prevented him from becoming Marshal Joffre's Chief of Staff and later, when he was slated tc. succeed the latter as Commander-in-Chief, he had the chagrin of seeing General Nivelle, many years his junior, promoted above him. Again, in 1921, political intrigue prevented him from being promoted a Marshal of France with Generals D'Espérey, Fayolle and Lyautey...
...therefore, with much chagrin that those who hoped for the new era have watched the ebb of conservatism recently manifested both in England and the United States. Its political display is regarded as a mere sign Behind the political movement is seen an almost universal revulsion away from liberal tendencies. Intellectual freedom is endangered. It is feared that thought and the arts will succumb to the dulling influence of bourgeois ideals. Once more Babbitt goes about his daily lasks in great glee. He rubs his hands and beams genially Popular approval has placed its divine sanction upon the trinity...
...weight and 48 inches in girth. Rates are: eight cents an ounce for any one zone (the three zones being between New York and Chicago, Chicago and Cheyenne, Cheyenne and San Francisco) and 24 cents an ounce for the entire trip. It will be a deep source of chagrin to stamp collectors that no special stamps will be issued. The westward voyage will require 34 hours and 45 minutes, the eastward trip 32 hours and 5 minutes. The discrepancy is due partly to helpful winds on the return trip, partly to the fact that westward the pilot is beating...