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Word: dismaying (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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When contacted by The Crimson and told that their actions could be monitored by reading a publicly-available file, most of the students expressed shock and dismay...

Author: By Jonathan A. Lewin, | Title: Computer Privacy May Be Jeopardized on 'Net | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

Student leaders planning to table today expressed dismay at the restrictions...

Author: By Sewell Chan, | Title: Registration Changes Hamper Recruitment | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

Much to the dismay of Harvard administrators, Ford's solution to her social dilemma is becoming increasingly popular among her female classmates. Over the past two years, growing numbers of undergraduate women have been turning to sororities to fill what they perceive as a gaping hole in Harvard's social atmosphere--the opportunity for a network of female friends...

Author: By Leondra R. Kruger, | Title: Sorority Women Make Friends in Clubs | 2/1/1995 | See Source »

Coffey expressed dismay at the importance placed on elections...

Author: By Andrew A. Green, | Title: Gregoire Enters Council Race | 1/13/1995 | See Source »

...said that fastidious filmmakers retreat in dismay muttering, "Does he mean, like, bathroom jokes?" Ignoring the advice, they end up dying out there with cute, cautious comedies like Speechless and I.Q. (not to mention spineless farces like Mixed Nuts). Meanwhile, Dumb and Dumber becomes the most popular movie in America. "Gross-out grosses," its rivals may sniff, and they would not be wrong. But so what? The fact is that D and D -- in comparison with which Jim Carrey's other pictures look as if they were scripted by Oscar Wilde -- makes you laugh out loud for almost its entire...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CINEMA: Grossing Out | 1/9/1995 | See Source »

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