Word: dismaying
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...Fourth Beastie's set was not unimpressive. Much to the dismay of the assembled mass, he stayed clear of Beastie Boys standards, opting instead for more obscure tracks that pleased the crowd at the back of the room, Boston MCs Akrobatik and Mr. Liff among them. Mike's hyperactive mix-and-scratch made things more difficult, allowing for little more time than "Oh I've heard that" before moving on to the next record...
...deep, dark hole." Having promised Juan Miguel two weeks earlier that she would return his son quickly, Reno was now looking at months of legal wrangling and no guarantee that Elian would ever be reunited with his father, much less his homeland. By Thursday, White House dismay with Reno's bottomless patience was quietly rising, and so that afternoon, returning on Air Force One from a memorial marking the fifth anniversary of the Oklahoma City bombing, Reno huddled for 45 minutes with Bill Clinton and two aides to change course...
...attempting to impose their personal opinions on the gay lifestyle, seemingly more concerned with trying to eradicate homosexuality than with preserving the sanctity of marriage. Homosexuals and lesbians aren't going anywhere. Whatever their partnerships are called, and whatever benefits they are granted, their relationships will continue, to the dismay of right-wingers everywhere...
Russians initially regarded the heir apparent with a mixture of derision and dismay, rating his popularity at a measly 2%. Most considered Yeltsin's blessing the kiss of death for any would-be President. But Putin coolly exploited the greatest opportunity he was ever handed. He says he expected his decision to go to war in Chechnya, made virtually that August day, would ruin his political career. But his cold-blooded prosecution of the war to stamp out Chechen "terrorism" and bring the recalcitrant republic back under Russian control struck a chord among the country's dispirited electorate...
...hand, knowing the anger that was welling up inside me. Other heckling eventually drowned out the offending comment. I sat there hoping that nothing more of that nature would be said. Instead, a barrage of homophobic remarks started spewing forth from those seated behind me, and to my total dismay, these comments met with applause and laughter from the audience...