Word: dismay
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...rest ve. Corporation men, but not without dismay...
...minutes, from Burd to Burris, Ronald and Nancy Reagan sat in the chapel. To the dismay of some veterans, it was the President's only participation in the week's salute, and on his way out of the chapel, he could not resist putting an ideological point on the proceedings: "We are beginning to appreciate that they were fighting for a just cause...
Though they come from different ends of America, and hold down different ends of the line, the pair's styles of play mesh seam lessly, much to the dismay of opposing ball carriers and quarterbacks...
...opponent, Adlai Stevenson III, by 16 points. But when Thompson went to bed at 2 Wednesday morning, the corners of his smile had turned downward: he was leading by just over 1%. By midday Thursday, as votes were still being tabulated, he was wearing a full-fledged frown of dismay: with more than 3.5 million votes cast, the once confident Thompson was leading by an infinitesimal 171 votes. He was forced to wait until Friday afternoon for all the ballots to be counted. Only then could he breathe easier: the final tally put him ahead by 9,401 votes...
Such forgetfulness is one of Olivier's chief worries these days. He recently consulted a psychiatrist to see what could be done about it. To his dismay, he was told to give up alcohol, which he has vowed to do, except for occasional lapses, until Christmas. He is not happy with having to make a choice, however, and grumbles that "it is very reasonable to have a gin at lunchtime and two whiskies and a couple of glasses of wine at dinner as long as you don't drink anything after dinner...