Word: distressingly
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...needs of the economy force the Nationalist regime to give more education, economic opportunity, and ultimately power to nonwhites. Proponents of divestiture believe that real change will never occur by evolutionary means, whereas the withdrawal of American companies could produce widespread unemployment and economic widespread unemployment and economic distress that would either force the government to institute reforms or lead to a successful revolution...
Neither Ford nor Chrysler is in a position to earn windfall profits from GM's distress. Both companies also have low stocks of their popular models. Since both firms' assembly lines are operating at near capacity, they will not be able to increase production significantly to make up for the GM shutdown...
Residents around Miami International Airport who are recovering from hangovers next New Year's Day may be spared further distress from low-flying jets. That is when Federal Aviation Regulation 91, which bans many noisy planes from U.S. air ports, is scheduled to go into effect. But for the 30 Caribbean, Central and Latin American as well as eight domestic airlines that fly to and from Miami with predominantly aging and noisy Boeing 707s, DC-8s and BAC-111s, the headaches will have just begun...
...kleptomaniac specializing in chocolate. Since then her crimes have escalated. She is now a member of the Front for the Liberation of Europe, a violent terrorist gang. The ingenuous Harvey is abruptly surrounded by lawyers and well-wishers who compound his confusion and television reporters who increase his distress. They are, of course, the modem equivalents of Job's comforters and plagues...
Than similar proclamations of distress...