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...last question that complicates the matter. The GSAS administration in Byerly Hall has expanded dramatically since the Wolff Committee report--to the dismay of some departments--and the issue of who actually runs the GSAS gets mixed up with the broader policy issues...
...annoyance and the dismay of the Mondale camp, the tax returns issue popped up nearly everywhere she campaigned and completely dominated her sessions with the press. At one news conference, 18 out of 20 questions concerned her family finances. On at least two occasions she became visibly rattled, her hands trembling out of anger or frustration...
...Hatfield, the courtly, square-jawed Oregon Republican, has earned in his 18 years on Capitol Hill. A deeply religious Baptist, Hatfield, 62, was one of the first Senators to oppose the Viet Nam War and was in the forefront of the nuclear-freeze movement. But last week, to the dismay of friends and colleagues, Hatfield found himself under investigation by the Senate Ethics Committee and the FBI. The issue: whether four payments totaling $40,000 to Hatfield's wife constituted a bribe to win the Senator's backing for an oil pipeline across Central Africa. And if they...
...even though the final figures shifted slightly three days later to give Labor 44 seats to Likud's 41. The rival political leaders largely kept their reactions private, but there was no mistaking their emotional response: dismay on the part of Peres and elation from Shamir. Said Peres to a friend: "It's all over...
...adults is a fascinating one While Logan is surprised and touched to meet his son, he is unable to deal with the concept of fatherhood. For her part, the frigid and calculating Vanessa knows little about mothering: from the first, she treats the boy like an adult, to the dismay of Lila and George, who want only to protect him. Negotiating with them early in the film for the rights to PS Vanessa asks the boy to leave the room. "Why?" he asks, Lila begins. "So we can discuss the lovely surprise," but Vanessa cuts her off "Because I asked...