Word: dismay
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Like American Presidents going back to Thomas Jefferson during his fight with the first U.S. national bank, Ronald Reagan is finding it convenient to use the top U.S. banker as a sort of whipping boy for the public's dismay over an economy that is not working very well. For the time being, that may prove to be good politics. Certainly, if the economy does not begin to correct itself as next November's congressional elections approach, the pressure on Volcker to expand the money supply will increase sharply. In the end, though, the level of inflation...
What followed was a sight to behold. The entire Harvard bench stormed onto the ice, piling on top of Burke, rejoicing for more than a minute to the dismay of the B.C. squad and the referee. Finally the ice was cleared, the last two minutes played, and the Beanpot was in the arms of Harvard captain Murray, who was in the arms of Harvard coach Cleary...
Because of their freight of dismay, White's doomsday sketches are rarely as effective as, his verse. He greets spring in New York ("Pigeon, sing Cuccu!") and rags an author about a fatuous book on farming with a review writ ten in rhymed couplets. Using mock heroic stanzas and plenty of relish he relates how a Chesapeake Bay snowstorm turned back a submarine specially equipped for polar exploration, captained by an explorer who had sold his story to a publisher before even setting out. An almost perfect example of occasional verse is "I Paint What I See." It pits...
...Southern California division of the Polish-American Congress. "But he didn't go far enough." Still, even the ethnic Poles recognized, as did many other Americans, that for now about all Washington could do to protest the repression in Poland was brandish symbols of anger and dismay. "It is better than doing nothing, but not much," said Zygmunt Kolicki, a construction worker from Union City, N.J. "But it is only a gesture. At this point, all America can do is gesture...
...move against Solidarity caused shock and dismay throughout the West. In Washington, President Reagan was kept closely informed of the Polish situation throughout the weekend. In Brussels, Secretary of State Alexander Haig hastily put off a planned trip to Israel. He said the U.S. and its European partners were "surprised" by the ominous developments in Poland. "We're watching very carefully," he said. "And we are consulting with our concerned allies here on the Continent." In a direct warning to the Soviets, Haig said, "It would be hard to call the West guilty of interference. And we have increasingly...