Word: distressingly
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...attack in Luxor, Egypt, by contrast, some bodies were misidentified and sent to the wrong countries. Andrew Reid, one of two London coroners overseeing the identification process, has warned that it might take weeks for all of the bodies to be recovered and identified. "We understand the distress," Reid said, while stressing the importance of returning "the right victims to the right families." Though London has no experience with suicide bombers, the recovery and identification efforts are drawing on a growing body of international expertise. Police chiefs in Israel, where more than 500 people have died in suicide bombings...
Liberal whites also voiced distress at the Sanlam bombing. "There can be only total condemnation," declared Helen Suzman, an opposition member of Parliament and a long-standing antiapartheid activist. The financial daily Business Day predicted that the blast had destroyed chances for peaceful negotiations between the A.N.C. and the government. More-over, the paper said, the prospects for the release of imprisoned A.N.C. Leader Nelson Mandela "have faded...
...distress sale of Lehman Brothers to a subsidiary of American Express in May 1984 ended the independence of a private investment banking house that lad been in existence since 1850. The final reckoning yielded Lehman's 72 partners sums ranging from nearly $ 1 million for the most junior to $10 million-plus for the top echelon. This gilded dissolution followed months of infighting that had effectively deposed two chief executives of the firm. The first was a former Nixon Cabinet member with a Greek immigrant background but Wasp manners and connections; the other was a company insider who throughout...
After heated protests, however, Hale reconsidered and proposed instead to create an advisory committee of managers and employees to "free the workplace of drugs." In a separate memo to all Capital Cities workers, Murphy acknowledged the "distress and confusion" that had been sparked by the plan to bring in dogs. But he stressed his determination to move against drugs, telling his employees, "We absolutely cannot, and will not, tolerate drug trafficking, drug use or drug possession in the workplace...
...being overscheduled and overstimulated during the school year, are at risk for getting bored if left undirected in summer. As a result, camp owners say, the number of specialty camps that focus on acquiring a skill that stands out on a résumé is growing and--to the distress of some traditionalists--the enthusiasm of campers is shifting toward such camps and away from those that offer a range of general-interest activities. "If a child can explore something he's passionate about at age 10, like photography, he's got a head start," says Barry Vigon, camp director...