Word: dismaying
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...read with dismay on the Internet your staff editorial of Oct. 29, 1996 ("Peninsula's Rant: Staff Culpable, Swastika Harmful") concerning Jose Padilla and the Peninsula. Given the condescension and closemindedness with which you, the staff of a newspaper at one of America's finest colleges, insult and dismiss the views of the Peninsula, it should come as no surprise that someone a little less responsible than you chose to tack a swastika on Padilla's door...
After 22 years in the House, Hyde has earned an enviable reputation for his oratory, party loyalty and honesty. He made his name in Congress with legislation to stop federal funding of abortion. But, often to the dismay of his fellow Republicans, his soft spot for kids makes him a supporter of such "liberal" causes as the Family Medical Leave Act, a waiting period for the purchase of handguns, and against denying children of illegal aliens an education...
Holding up a flattering picture of Hillary Clinton, Moore expressed dismay at the lack of respect she gets from the media...
...dismay of modern virtuecrats like Bill Bennett, we are defining character down too. But the Baby Boomers do it differently from the Generation X-ers. According to fallen Clinton guru Dick Morris, the Baby Boomers look at the President and say, "Heck, he didn't do anything I wouldn't do, and at least he's trying to make sense out of it all." But younger voters are more gimlet-eyed and take the view that character is as character does. "They look at the character debate as a cover for party politics as usual," says Gen-X pollster Jefrey...
...many newsrooms, however, morale is hitting an all-time low--though journalists are famously cranky. For example, at the Philadelphia Inquirer, which is under pressure from parent company Knight-Ridder to boost profit margins from 8% to 12% this year and 15% the next, staff members cite with dismay the collapse of the time-honored wall between "church" and "state"--the editorial side and the business side--which is meant to ensure journalistic integrity. The head of circulation now sits in on story meetings, while reporters and editors must take "business literacy" classes to learn how the publishing side works...