Word: discomfit
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...councilors. Result is that the new Senate to be elected next month is likely to bear considerable resemblance in its party groupings to the Chamber of Deputies of the Fourth Republic. As such, the Senate will be a counterweight to the U.N.R.-dominated Assembly-a development not likely to discomfit De Gaulle, who has never wanted to see France ruled by a single, all-powerful "Gaullist" party...
...things are guaranteed to discomfit Canadians more than thoughts of Canada's continuing trade imbalance with the U.S. Last year Canada bought $4 billion worth of goods across the border, managed to sell only $2.9 billion in return. Last week Canadians were reminded that many another nation feels as they do-only about trade with Canada itself...
After exactly five minutes of spontaneous enthusiasm, a woman with more courage than talent sang the national anthem. To the surprise and discomfit of everyone, she reached the final high note, clung to it desperately and retreated. There was a sign of relief from the audience...
...Democrats' Midwest farm conference in Des Moines over the weekend. Harriman made the trip, his first speaking foray into the Midwest since the political season opened, to outline a farm policy based on price supports at 90% of parity-a figure calculated to comfort farmers and discomfit Adlai Stevenson...