Word: dismayed
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...radio show to endorse the protests. He also attends the demonstrations. "We want respect for American laws," says Hedgecock. "Mexicans are violating our laws." He and others demand immediate but unspecified congressional action. Judging by the phone calls Hedgecock receives, it would seem that many San Diegans share his dismay. Says Hedgecock: "I've had callers in the construction industry say, 'Gosh, I used to be a drywall hanger, and now there are no English-speaking drywall hangers in San Diego County. They all speak Spanish...
...methods have earned her a working relationship with Gorbachev, but not with Vytautas Landsbergis, Lithuania's fiery President. While he represents the mystic Lithuanian dreams, she concentrates on practicalities. The two have disagreed strongly about how to deal with Moscow, and many emotional Lithuanians share with Landsbergis his dismay at her conciliatory moves. Prunskiene dismisses the criticism as irrelevant: "As a leader I do not have to follow what I believe is the wrong way just to show unity...
...partly educated there, whose vision of life has been transformed by the openness and dynamism of American society, and who cherishes the generosity of its political principles and respects the strength of its democratic creed, I can only witness the deterioration in American life with dismay and sorrow...
...dismay of scientists, no laboratory is even close to achieving such high energies. The recently-built Tevatron particle accelerator in Chicago falls short by a factor of about 10,000 trillion, or 10 with 16 zeroes following...
...feel the change in atmosphere. Intrigue, speculation and confusion abound. For more than an hour last week, the national soccer team refused to leave its field so the ragtag People's Army could parade before foreign television cameras. In private, high-ranking government officials acknowledge that there is widespread dismay and despair among Iraqis over the consequences of the nation's invasion of Kuwait. Influential citizens claim knowledge that the attack was opposed by 18 colonels and generals, as well as by several senior ministers...