Word: dismaying
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...bride, is all domestic bustle, dark thoughts held at bay by her many tasks -- remaking her awful old wedding dress for her daughter, considering the canapes for the reception. Mrs. Monro (Joan Plowright), the mother of the groom, sleeps a lot, awakening to express in a rumbly purr her dismay with just about everything...
...Russia. At meetings with NATO partners in Brussels and with Central European leaders in Prague, the same worries emerged over and over. Would Russia backslide from reform and closer ties with the West? Would it reclaim its old sphere of influence in Central Europe? Indeed, Yeltsin looked with dismay at attempts of former East-bloc nations to join NATO. Why should they want to join? "Russia does not threaten any country in Central or Eastern Europe," he told TIME...
...should have been a heady European trip, a senior aide reported Clinton to be "vexed" and "frustrated." In Brussels, Prague, Kiev and Moscow he was winning favorable press coverage for his handling of foreign policy. But at every stop he kept hearing that awful word Whitewater to his obvious dismay. Presidential aides had fought to portray criticisms of Whitewater and related deals as partisan Republican sniping. But now nine Democratic Senators had joined the clamor for a special counsel to take an independent look...
...budget, is so desperate for money that one half expects to see him drilling for oil on the South Lawn. Panetta, playing the role of Dr. No, has already told the Cabinet that their initial requests were $20 billion over the congressional budget ceiling. To the dismay of some liberals, Clinton has declared the $281 billion Pentagon budget off limits. Moreover, the latest rules of the fiscal game require that new spending must be matched by offsetting cuts in existing programs. Somehow Clinton must find $16 billion to pay for such cherished initiatives as an expansion of Head Start...
...advent of the dollar has brought dismay even to the party faithful. Riding in an aging Lada to the countryside to buy food, a loyal government employee gripes, "We felt betrayed. Legalizing the dollar favors people who kept ties to their families in Miami, people who were not dedicated to the revolution, people who tried to kill...