Word: dismayed
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...advice on the synod of bishops that meets in Rome every three years. He has attended all their sessions -- including the most recent ones in October -- listening with his usual intensity. But there is never a joint final communique. Indeed, the Pope may be advised, but to the private dismay of many bishops, any decision on issues discussed will be made by the Pope, and the Pope alone. As John Paul once told TIME's Wilton Wynn: "It is a mistake to apply American democratic procedures to the faith and the truth. You cannot take a vote on the truth...
Penningroth expressed dismay for the lack of reaction from her fellow Mather residents...
When the FBI, state and local authorities executed the search warrant at his home Wednesday, Womack "expressed shock and dismay," according to Rooney...
...promise to step down at the end of his term in February 1996, even though he lost three years of his five-year tenure in exile. As he goes about the business of remaking the government, Aristide has never stopped preaching the gospel of reconciliation, often to the dismay of followers who want revenge for the estimated 3,000 people murdered during the military's reign of terror. American officials still express frustration that he does not always bow to U.S. wishes, but they are encouraged by his willingness to listen and talk. "He's a real politician now," says...
Allen, on the other hand, is obliged to play a man named Scott Calvin, a hard-charging, fast-rising toy-company executive who is pressed into service as a substitute St. Nick in circumstances at once too complicated and too stupid to explain. He finds to his dismay that the job is his for all eternity (that -- Get it? -- is the Santa clause buried in some fine print he didn't get a chance to read), and he is understandably skeptical about whether taking over operations at the North Pole is a great career move. To achieve a happy resolution...