Word: dismay
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...dismay of many educators, the SAT has achieved a statistical majesty similar to the Dow Jones industrial average or the Gross National Product. The public tends to regard the SAT as a single number capable of summing up the health, or lack of it, of the nation's schools...
...much to the Austrialian's dismay, their complaints were all but ignored. The delegation returned home empty-handed...
...keynote address opening the conference, Zimbabwe's Prime Minister Robert Mugabe sought to sound a statesmanlike note. He expressed dismay at rising world military expenditures and attacked foreign interference in all parts of the world. Mugabe called for an end to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan and Viet Nam's occupation of Kampuchea, while attacking the U.S. for supporting Nicaraguan contras and rebels in Angola. He urged his fellow heads of state to provide economic aid if needed by the black African "frontline" states that are seeking to cut off trade with South Africa. In a television interview...
...1960s two Saltonstalls fought on the same side--in the protests against the Vietnam War--much to the dismay of a Republican senator relative...
Winston was hardly alone in her dismay. Though all three network morning ) shows are a mix of news and entertainment (Good Morning America is produced by ABC's entertainment division, while Today is a product of NBC News), the new CBS morning show will almost certainly have less news content than its predecessor. "Everyone is disheartened to see it go," says CBS Correspondent Bill Plante. "It doesn't contribute to a sense of stability in the network...