Word: dismays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Mussolini fascists. Idris' troops fought alongside the British Eighth Army in World War II, and in 1951, with British support, he was proclaimed monarch of the newly federated Libya. A strict Muslim who claimed descent from Muhammad, Idris ruled with benign autocracy, had no heirs (to his dismay) and became increasingly out of touch as the oil discoveries of the late 1950s brought some modern Western ways to his primitive land...
...blown space battle, as the ships of the Rebel Alliance try to destroy the Death Star. Is Luke seduced by the dark side of the Force? Does he kill his father? Do the rebels win? Don't ask, but one clue may be allowed. Says Harrison Ford, with some dismay: "George has a predisposition for happy endings...
...State Department spokesman repeated the Administration's fears that the bishops' hoped-for halt of nuclear deployment would diminish prospects for a major arms-reduction agreement with the Soviet Union. Whatever his private dismay, President Reagan mildly observed that the document "is a legitimate effort to do exactly what we're doing, and that is to try to find ways toward world peace...
Higher Achievement Standards. Tests should be given to students periodically to certify progress. The commission urges tougher admission standards for four-year colleges and notes with dismay that 20% of those that are public must now accept any high school graduate in the state...
Ethel Klein's situation is not a new one, but that does not lessen our anger and dismay. The University is creating a dangerously self-perpetuating situation, as its refusal to grant scholarship of and by women the respect it deserves makes it increasingly unattractive for people in Women's Studies and female scholars to come here. The development of Women's Studies in the world at large will continue with or without Harvard's approval, and it will be more than a little distressing if the University succeeds in completely cutting itself off from this new field...