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...enormous void of his hours, Copito de Nieve never abandons the tire...From it he can have a glimpse of what for man is the search for an escape from the dismay of living--investing oneself in things, recognizing oneself in signs, transforming the world into a collection of symbols--a first daybreak of culture in the long biological night...
...LAST WEEK the administration, to the dismay of virtually every Harvard undergraduate, made the houses and the Yard dry. And the council, supposedly the students' voice, was too busy arguing about election procedures to speak up about the new drinking policy...
...unlike most house committee chairs who have expressed dismay at the new policy, the student managers of Cookin' say that they hope the lack of beer will keep away those students who came merely to drink...
...point is valid. Lessing's reviewers and readers, familiar with such works as The Golden Notebook and The Four-Gated City, probably do expect every book bearing her name to concern itself with feminism and politics. That is why this new novel is likely to cause considerable consternation and dismay...
Immigrants struggling to make good in the U.S. often express dismay at what they see around them. "Many American values and customs which are very much part of the American way of life are seen (by Indians) as 'evil,' " writes Parmatma Saran, associate professor of sociology at Baruch College in Manhattan. "The American attitude toward sex . . . is viewed as immoral." Gaspar Ortega, a onetime Mexican prizefighter who is now a social worker in New Haven, Conn., is concerned about American treatment of the family. "I get disgusted when I see families separated. I blame the pressure of the dollar when...