Word: dismaying
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Lisbon, they called them os homens sem sonho: the men who never sleep. They worked night and day, much to the dismay of more conventional politicians and bureaucrats addicted to Portugal's leisurely working hours and three-hour lunches, and they seemed equally tireless in keeping their identities hidden. Last week the young officers of the Armed Forces Movement, the rebel group that overthrew the regime of Marcello Caetano last April and ended half a century of dictatorial rule in Portugal, finally decided to flex their muscles publicly. In short order, the men of A.F.M. forced the resignation...
...third position" as an alternative to joining the blocs led either by the U.S. or the Soviet Union. He conducted a vociferous anti-U.S. campaign, alleging that there was a "gigantic North American plot" to seize Cuban sugar, Bolivian tin, Chilean copper and Central American bananas. To the dismay of South America's upper classes, Perón encouraged the growth of labor unions all over the continent...
Virtual Release. Numeiry then sent the eight terrorists to Cairo, where they are now said to be in jail, awaiting transfer to another Arab country. In protest against Numeiry's move, Washington angrily withdrew its present ambassador, William Brewer, from Khartoum, citing dismay over "the virtual release of these confessed murderers." Despite Egyptian President Anwar Sadat's recent demonstration of friendship toward the U.S., the Cairo newspaper Al Ahram, which frequently prints his views, hailed Numeiry for "understanding the motives that led the Palestinians to appear before Sudanese courts...
...January, CHUL, on a narrow 12-10 vote, decided to abolish Radcliffe's one-to-one sex ratio and set a maximum 4.3-to-1 ratio at all houses. Dean Rosovsky expressed dismay at the "clearcut lines drawn at the meeting between the representatives from Radcliffe and the representatives from Harvard"--the Harvard representatives, desirous of more women at their Houses, ganged up to overcome the Radcliffe contingent...
...three goals, and Haldeman authorized him to accept the contribution." Haldeman has denied to the committee that he knew anything about that particular contribution. The report said that Kalmbach received $100,000 from the cooperatives but that the rest was withheld "because of the dairy people's dismay at not meeting with more White House officials...