Word: dismays
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...class, who delighted in rocking the House of Lords; of a cerebral hemorrhage; in London. Although his father and American mother had fought and won a hard genealogical battle to establish their right to the 635-year-old family title, Strabolgi seemed to wish they had lost. To the dismay of his fellow peers, he once snorted: "The House of Lords . . . is a picturesque survival of the feudal system . . . out of tune with the modern world . . . Better let it go the way of the divine right of kings...
Early this year, when repossessions of used cars started to rise, credit men tightened up on auto purchase terms. Now, credit men often will not make loans on pre-1950 cars. As a result, repossessions have declined, but so have sales of used cars, to the dismay of the dealers (see Autos). The used-car market has shown how quickly any change in credit is reflected in sales of consumer goods...
...that he had stayed for a while in Berlin to fight in the underground). He was the man to eliminate any comrades in Spain who had begun to doubt Stalin. In the Stockholm underground in 1940, he methodically turned over to the Gestapo any comrades in hiding who expressed dismay over the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact. West Berlin police still hold a yellowed warrant for Ulbricht's arrest for the murder of two policemen...
...well imagine my dismay in seeing not only myself described as a "pitchman," but the whole subject of the motion picture industry's new dimensional developments presented with an air of erudite derision . . . The motion picture industry is in a critical phase, and it is true that there is a certain amount of groping at this stage of its progress. Uncertainty is characteristic of any institution, art or industry at a time of upheaval or radical change. On the other hand, aoth Century-Fox has completed two pictures, The Robe and How to Marry a Millionaire...
...fascinating find posed problems. It could be hung so that both sides would be visible, or the two sides could be separated. But St. Peter's paint was flaking. Restoring it, thought museum officials, would not be worth the effort. They decided, to the dismay of Rotterdam's museumgoers, simply to hang the picture back up again the way it was before. Last week the Offering was in place for all to see, while St. Peter's face was turned to the wall, consigned to oblivion...