Word: dismaying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Brandeis, in a famous dissent protesting the wiretapping of a bootlegger, sought to establish an individual's right to be let alone. This is a cause that has not gotten very far. Philip Kurland, the distinguished law professor at the University of Chicago, has concluded to his own dismay: "The constitutional right of privacy, in Brandeis' sense of a right to be let alone, will always be a minimal and never a major source in constitutional law." This is due, Kurland emphasized in a recent speech, "in no small part to the public commitment to voyeurism," a commitment...
...dhaman is a yellow-tinted snake, ranging from 4 ft. to 10 ft. in length, that once had the run of the Indian countryside. To the dismay of the Indian Parliament, these are hard times for the dhaman, as well as for the more than 20 other varieties of Indian herpetofauna that prey on, among other things, the domestic brown rat, known as Rattus rattus. Thanks in part to commerce, which values the hide of a snake more than that of a rat, the rodents have been winning the battle against their deadliest enemy. Two weeks ago, India...
...other embarrassment involved Carter family members. Several weeks ago, Brother-in-Law Walter G. Spann sold to seven south Georgians, for less than $1,000, half an acre of land near the Carter peanut warehouse in Plains. Carter discovered, much to his dismay, that the investors were trying to turn a quick buck by selling the land as 1-sq.-in. "peanut farms" for $5 each, complete with red-white-and-blue certificates of ownership. One of his sisters, Gloria Carter Spann, bought the first of the several hundred little inches that have already been sold, and her husband...
...periodic miracle to occur: in early May, as on his feast day in September, the hardened blood of San Gennaro is said to liquefy inside the sealed glass vial in which it has been preserved since the saint's 4th century martyrdom. This May, however, to the dismay and alarm of the worshipers, the blood of Naples' patron saint refused to move on schedule. According to tradition, this failure occurs only when disaster is imminent. That disaster might have been the earthquake that struck Northern Italy last week (see box following page). But Naples' Corrado Cardinal Ursi...
...trouble began in 1974, two years after Miller's insurgent election victory over W.A. ("Tony") Boyle, who is now serving a life sentence for conspiracy to murder U.M.W. Reformer Joseph ("Jock") Yablonski. After his win, Miller purged the entire Boyle-appointed executive board. To his dismay, the new board turned out to be dominated by Boyle cronies, elected by the rank and file because they were better known than Miller's men. In addition, four board members endorsed by Miller deserted their sponsor, charging him with mismanagement. Finally Trbovich, Miller's reform-minded running mate, left...