Word: dismays
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...White House has contributed to the chaos by staying aloof. President Reagan has confined himself to generalities: social spending should be reduced, military expenditures should not be cut deeply or taxes raised sharply. To the dismay of some Congressmen who want guidance as to what the White House might accept, Reagan has carefully avoided talking numbers...
...area where the Republican Party can take for granted elephant-size congressional delegations and more than its share of statehouses. Devastated as it is by deepening recession, the region has now become what one presidential adviser calls "the soft underbelly of the G.O.P." To the shock and dismay of party leaders, five Republican Governors have announced that they will not be candidates for office in November. To make matters worse, two other Republican incumbents, Governors James Thompson of Illinois and Charles Thone of Nebraska, are facing unexpectedly tough re-election battles. Result: of the eight Republican-held Midwest governorships...
...officials dismay Whitla post lottery study found that the proportion of students top ranked as athletes by the admissions office actually jumped in Kirkland from 18 89 percent to 22.94 percent. The College average is 7 51 per cent next year's lowest House. Lowell is projected to have but 1 28 percent...
...their differences, those listeners appeared to share one basic and important reaction: relief that the Administration, after 16 months of delay and internal dissent, had come forth with a plan to get the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. back to the strategic arms bargaining table. The only group that expressed dismay at the President's intentions were some hard-line U.S. conservatives, who feel betrayed by Reagan's more moderate approach...
Nevertheless, the current crisis could ease Argentina into closer ties with the Soviet Union, its No. 1 trading partner. To the dismay of the Carter Administration, the junta undermined the 1980 U.S. grain embargo against Moscow, and now sells 77% of Argentina's crop to the Soviets. "It is altogether possible that the Argentines may want to give the Soviets base rights," says Richard Helms, former director of the CIA. Even if it were to keep the Kremlin at arm's length, an Argentina humiliated by the outcome of the Falklands crisis could be dangerously destabilizing...