Word: dismays
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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Buoyed by a run of good news in the stock market, I recently decided to check the balance in my son's 529 college savings account for the first time in many months. To my dismay, the account was still down some 40% from a year ago, far below the amount my husband and I had originally invested. Given the extent of the losses, I couldn't help but wonder: would it make sense to just ditch this thing? (Read "Investing in a 529 College Savings Plan...
...During the 1990s, the world repeatedly looked on in shock at acts of French rebellion, including the occupation of airport runways by striking Air France workers to stop flights for days, and the paralysis of French highways by protesting truck drivers. Similar dismay resounded abroad at images of French farmers, angered by the import of cheaper goods, capturing trucks from the U.K., Spain, and other European Union countries and dumping or burning their cargo - which often included live animals...
...verdict of Hanson O-N, which declared that Iowa had to provide marriage to same-sex couples. Many of the Iowans who commented on the page joined Hansen in celebrating the decision; some, of course, objected strongly. Yet the most common reaction from non-Iowans was neither approval, nor dismay, but shock: “Gay marriage? Iowa...
...freshman Davis Manghan fought back from 5-0 down, but ultimately fell in an 8-6 loss. The point already lost by Harvard, the No. 1 duo of Clayton and sophomore Alexei Chijoff-Evans fell 8-5—much to the co-captain’s dismay...
Steele, Michael • expression of apparent pro-choice views by ("Are you saying you think women have the right to choose abortion?" "Yeah ... Absolutely") is followed by expressions of dismay by certain members of party led by ("very troubling," "extremely disappointing," "He needs to get off the air and start raising some money. He doesn't need to be giving interviews anymore"), which are followed by a clarification from ("I am pro-life, always have been, always will be") • Joe the Plumber is not a fan of efforts of to "make [conservatism] hip hop" • "outside the box" metaphor...