Word: disgustedly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Proctor will be leaving his job in three weeks, a far shorter notice than most other top University officials have given. Even former provost Jerry R. Green, who resigned partially in disgust over Rudenstine's lack of focus and vision for the University, stayed on more than two months after he announced his departure...
Raphael Bougy, a friendly and talkative cab driver, says that "once in a while" late on Friday and Saturday nights, as students return to campus from clubs or parties, he faces the drunken student. Bougy recalls with disgust cleaning up the vomit in the wee hours of the morning...
Cambridge resident Andrew J. Spears even voted for Powell as a write-in yesterday. This move was motivated by Powell's prowess in economics and foreign affairs as well as Spears' disgust toward the other candidates, Spears said. "I don't care for any of them...
These side-commentaries convey Fuentes' frustration with the situation around him as well as if he had been writing directly about them. His disgust for the Hollywood society is apparent, as is his confusion over why Diana submits to this artificial universe: "It all reminded me of... the gringo cocktail party, where no one deigns to concede more than two or three minutes to anyone, not the most fascinating stranger, not even one's oldest and dearest friend. Yes you're made of glass, they look right through you... All of this while balancing a drink in one hand...
...Disgust with the tenor of the campaign in Iowa drove many voters toward Alexander, who said he was "sticking to the high road" and remaining above the fray...