Word: dismaying
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...piled with stacks of bodies. The dead were later interred in a temporary cemetery nearby. National Guard soldiers soon took over and ordered every home to be blacked out at night. They shot at any light showing through the cracks. In our darkened, humid rooms, we huddled in dismay at the way our ancestral Japan had put a curse on all Japanese living in Hawaii. Other ethnic groups looked upon us as the enemy, not to be trusted. Our village elders soon got together to burn or destroy anything to do with Japan: photos of the Emperor, flags, swords...
...everyone in East Timor rejoiced at the news. Instead, a political flurry has erupted, with Gusm?o expressing his dismay about the impact such high-profile charges may have on East Timor's evolving ties with its powerful neighbor. The independence of the judicial process is clear, says Gusm?o's chief of staff, Agio Pereira, "but the President also considers the relationship with the Indonesian government to be of paramount importance for our own development." For now, the indictments remain in limbo: East Timor has no extradition treaty with Indonesia, and it's unclear whether the warrants, which must pass through...
...land their families had farmed for centuries. They criticize the local government and Leshan's Cultural Relics Bureau for handing over UNESCO-protected land to theme-park entrepreneurs and ignoring the placement of a huge buddha in an area famed for its tombs. Last week, Huang Quanchun watched in dismay as workers laden with trees marched by her ramshackle house next to the theme park. She and other locals claim that the trees are being planted to cover up evidence of destroyed tombs before high-level visitors examine the site. In the meantime, guards roam the park's perimeter, keeping...
...sides—even neighborhood activists who opposed the tunnel—express dismay that no compromise was reached...
...they are convincingly beautiful, and I particularly appreciated Farrell’s soap-opera star-like ability to raise just one eyebrow, the number one daytime way to register dismay or surprise...