Word: dismays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Much to the dismay of the contras, the demobilization plan enjoys the support of Nicaragua's 20 opposition parties. To ensure their cooperation, President Daniel Ortega Saavedra pledged to suspend Nicaragua's military draft until after the election, to hold fair balloting and to grant opposition candidates free television time. But the U.S. remains skeptical that the election will really prove free or fair, and last week's agreement provides no penalties whatsoever should Ortega renege on his pledges...
...planned scenario were successful, Israel would have its soldiers back. If it were not successful, then the world would look in horror and dismay at the reaction of Arab terrorists. In a time when even the United States is demanding some sort of electoral concession to Palestinians, Israel could point to such Arab violence and say, "look, they cannot be trusted...
...than actions, but every patient hears them differently, and doctors end up feeling they cannot win. When Cincinnati receptionist Doris Roetting had a mastectomy in the fall of 1987, her surgeon assured her that she was recuperating nicely. Her oncologist, however, was a bit more explicit, to Roetting's dismay. He quietly explained that she had a 90% chance of being alive in five years and an 80% chance of surviving ten years. Some patients might have been grateful for such candor; Roetting went home in tears. "I think everybody who has cancer knows there is a chance they...
...sure you can imagine my dismay as I listened to a radio talk show the day after the decision was announced. Zealous callers denounced the Court's lack of patriotism. One young man--president of a local white supremacist group--said he thought the first amendment ought to be repealed...
Though Purvis' attitude reflects only dismay at the tightening of rules, other students were more open about what was going on in bedrooms at the time. One student wrote a letter to the Crimson, saying "Well, it is true that men and women students like to be together and enjoy each other's company in a quiet and private place; it is also true that most Harvard and Radcliffe students, when they leave their colleges are no longer virgins; and it is finally true that many of the students have their first complete sexual experiences during Harvard's parietal hours...