Word: dismay
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Although many were pleased that Cambridge Street will remain tunnel-free, they also expressed dismay that even lengthy, face-to-face negotiations could not produce a mutually satisfactory solution for Harvard and the neighborhood...
...told officials in Japan that sanctions were not inevitable - if the issue is referred to the Security Council. U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell said last weekend that talks with North Korea would take place "at the appropriate time." Representatives from several countries involved in the crisis privately expressed dismay at Washington's refusal so far to sit down with Pyongyang at the bargaining table. They also want to give the diplomats time to tease out a solution that would avoid the imposition of sanctions, a move that North Korea has said would amount...
...food. While Scottish beef, game, salmon and shellfish are prized by top chefs the world over, you are more likely to enjoy the best stuff in Madrid than in Edinburgh, because the lucrative export market consumes the best produce. The nation's cooking has long been a source of dismay to food-loving visitors and locals alike. But now a new generation of culinary bravehearts is transforming Scotland's gastronomic landscape. The notoriously sniffy Michelin guide awarded a star to two new restaurants in 2002, bringing the total number of Scottish recipients to 10. The public face of new Scottish...
...after another limps into port with passengers complaining of nausea, vomiting, diarrhea and cramping. The CDC, which gets called in whenever more than 2% of a vessel's passengers come down with the same disease, identified Norwalk as the infectious agent and oversaw thorough ship scrubbings--which, to the dismay of the owners of the cruise lines, haven't made the problem go away...
Slouching behind his desk, director, playwright and Nobel laureate Gao Xingjian watches the rehearsal in dismay. The actors are tentative and uncertain, as if they don't quite know where they are going. The problem, in Gao's mind, is that they are complicating what should be simple. "Speak as you speak, listen as you listen," he orders. "Give me your true voice...