Word: dismayed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...other Nieman fellows have joined a chorus of outrage from humanitarian groups and other governments, sending a letter to Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe to "express our extreme dismay and disappointment over the unlawful detention, torture and pending trial" of the two journalists...
...ripe ironies, tennis fans in Polo sweatsuits, sustained by $10-a-slice quiche, scream bloody murder in support of their idea of a working-class hero--formerly John McEnroe and Jimmy Connors, now Agassi. Back when Agassi had hair, he dusted Senior Citizen Connors as the crowd howled in dismay...
...acquire the right number of cards with the right amount for their family to reach a desired destination, D.C. puts up one more obstacle. To enter a station's gates, one must slide the card into a slot with a precise force. Tourists, much to my amusement and their dismay, are usually unable to perform this task with grace. Harried Hill workers tend to groan at these naive masses to just get through the gate or get out of the way, but I think the scene is kind of endearing...
There was that fine April morning when I woke up to see snow nipping at the vines of ivy-covered walls, learning--to my dismay--that the several white inches that meant panic to my suburban high school meant little to the Rulers of University Hall...
DIED. MEL TORME, 73, consummate vocalist known, to his dismay, as the Velvet Fog; of complications from a stroke; in Los Angeles. The son of Russian Jewish immigrants, Torme began performing at age four; his voice's preternatural lushness was due in part to a small second growth of tonsil after a tonsillectomy. His artistry, however, was earned, and appreciated by fans from 1940s bobby-soxers to 1990s alternative rockers. Of Torme's musical intelligence, bandleader Buddy Rich once remarked, "When Mel sings, it's like having another horn in the band." Torme played several instruments and was an arranger...