On the right, there is general dismay over the slow pace of decommunisation and the emergence of corrupt links between politics and business. |
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To my dismay, but not utter shock, Jim was sitting at the table with his coffee and paper. |
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Kourin watched in dismay as Kellan turned about and began walking towards the mountains. |
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History tutors also express dismay at their students' lack of language skills, which means that all foreign texts have to be translated. |
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As city after city was blitzed, there was some dismay, a little looting but, overall, a remarkable stoicism and sense of community. |
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The ball took a slight bounce, however, and ended in the corner of the net to the keeper's dismay. |
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This was, to the dismay of many a news-gatherer in the room, to be the evening's persistent refrain. |
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I have gone through financial ruin, personal vilification, the distress and dismay of my family. |
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To their dismay, the unions may find that many non-union workers will refuse to pay the service fee or join the union. |
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Hip culture has embraced this linguistic byplay wholeheartedly, often to the dismay of those who can't quite figure it out. |
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To my dismay, the boys tell me the stint was just a one-shot deal and they won't be setting up any Yellow residencies. |
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The movie opens with childhood friends Rafe and Danny pretending to be pilots, to the dismay of Danny's hayseed father. |
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It could have expressed dismay at Pringle's obvious lack of race awareness, censured him, and sent him on a training course. |
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Referee Clive Owen pointed to the spot without hesitation, to the dismay of the Lismore crowd. |
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The tide was out and to my dismay I found the beach a disgrace and an indictment on our society. |
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You have to make a study of my behavior, such as a spouse will do, much to your dismay at times. |
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To my dismay and horror, he ripped the sweater apart in order to better access to my chest. |
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She has expressed dismay that so many politicians have their eyes on a career at European level and see national parliaments as an obstacle. |
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We have learned to our dismay how quick government officials are to classify information, even when it is already in the public domain. |
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As defeatism spread from meetings and rallies into the social clubs of the wealthy and renowned, the Unionist patriciate expressed dismay. |
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She found herself again in sick bay, the doctor clucking over her in dismay. |
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To the dismay of its critics and the delight of its fans, romantic comedy is a formula genre. |
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A brief confab and much to the dismay of the defence, Mr Crouch was pointing to the spot. |
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To his dismay, the first sign of life he sees turns out to be a lone warrior who walks confidently into camp. |
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When she did return at last, she found to her dismay, that they had moved away. |
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She found to her dismay that no native Indian fish had been mentioned in any of them. |
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The Russians called out in dismay and collapsed each in turn, flailing about as if held by a hurricane. |
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Since that day Mary had carried a flask of tea with her, now noting with dismay that she had left it behind at the wall. |
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The news has been greeted with predictable dismay by the Irish branch of the Eurovision body. |
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To the dismay of the people, Roh tried to defend all his relatives and aides implicated in irregularities. |
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Did you ever have a crush on someone so off the beaten path that people just shake their heads at you in dismay when you mention it? |
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Scout herself is a bit of a tomboy and would much rather play outside in overalls than wear frilly dresses, much to her aunt's dismay. |
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To his dismay, the verges were furrowed with tyre marks and when he reached the field, it was full of dilapidated vans. |
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After Diomedes leaves, Cressida speaks in dismay of her own inconstancy, while, unseen, Thersites comments cynically on the whole interview. |
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Mavis watched in dismay as youths drinking alcohol gathered in alleys, causing criminal damage to property and vehicles. |
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To his utter dismay and much in despair, he was viewed in Cameroon with suspicion and mistrust. |
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To the dismay of the already frazzled travellers, the aircraft was diverted to Gatwick after reports on board of a gassy odour. |
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Imagine my horror and dismay when upon arriving at home and inserting batteries into it, it refused to work! |
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Although to her dismay, his lips did not pucker nor did they even move as she drew near. |
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His shot deflected off the post into the back of the net, to the dismay of the Veterans players. |
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To her dismay, she soon found herself in a delicate condition and was obliged to marry George. |
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Sir Ambrose rose up in considerable dismay at a clatter above his head which half blinded him with pulvilio and scattered feathers. |
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The news was greeted with dismay by parents' representatives, unions and opposition politicians. |
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The far right party's victory was greeted with dismay by the Council's political leaders. |
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To the dismay of the gutter press, that unholy union lasted only a few front pages. |
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Much to my dismay, two issues were sent to my home in Oregon after I had arrived in Norway. |
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Jack turns around and to his dismay further out in the ocean is a woman desperately calling for help. |
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Before considering Mr Dennys' attack on the judgment I express my dismay at the futility of the litigation. |
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Shock, silence, dismay and a plethora of emotions would overwhelm most viewers. |
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To my dismay, his voice seemed to be coming from the back of his throat, rather than from the pit of his stomach. |
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He lifted his sword and to his dismay, his sword had disappeared from his hand at the blink of an eye. |
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She also played Maria in the musical West Side Story, though, to her dismay, her singing had to be dubbed. |
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To my dismay, Jack suddenly changed direction and headed for the point in the ceiling directly above my head. |
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His shock and dismay, in stark contrast to the delight of his friends, was compelling to behold. |
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To their dismay, Staveley found they had their backs to the wall as Celtic grabbed two goals back. |
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Things got heated, and to my dismay, the racial slurs started, from both sides. |
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We do it now or face the repercussions in the future, much to our dismay and disdain. |
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Ethan put his arms stiffly at his sides and stood, to my dismay, like a little soldier. |
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It found, much to our dismay, that many, many young Australians have no sense of their own future at all. |
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The whole world is looking with shock and dismay on what's happening in Fiji. |
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Religious parties realised this to their dismay when they failed at one poll after another. |
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Much to my dismay, a number of users commented that they have already started such a list. |
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To her surprise and partial dismay Shaun was standing on the other side of the door. |
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However, much to Bryce's displeasure and dismay, Alex was a good player and asset to the team. |
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As Ross described her various enthusiasms, the conversation of the surrounding diners provided a counterpoint of urban dismay and aspiration. |
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The speed at which other employers are ditching gold-plated occupational schemes and cutting their contributions is causing great dismay. |
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Renee, however, backed away with a little exclamation of surprise and dismay. |
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Many children actually resented it and some kids, to the supreme dismay of their parents, wore do-rags anyway. |
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As to add to her dismay, it began to rain softly, drizzling on her head, wetting her hair. |
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Unfair as it is to the author and her subject, my initial response to this insightful and elegantly composed essay was one of utter dismay. |
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The growing tide of abstentions and protest votes for the extreme right and the extreme left are other signs of disarray and dismay. |
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He is dismayed by the indifference of the public to its own peril, but it is the acquiescent dismay of an older man. |
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To our dismay, unknown to us there was a motel only three kilometres down the road. |
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He and Mike crossed back to the petrol station, watching with dismay as the black juggernaut turned a corner out of sight. |
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Ward councillors have reacted with dismay, saying it will mean the end of historical links. |
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Fellow MEPs hurled abuse at Mr Berlusconi and thumped their desks in the European Parliament Chamber in dismay. |
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He spends his time hanging around aimlessly, much to the dismay of his parents. |
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However to his dismay he feels Brazil's style of play that took them to a record fifth World Cup is destroying the beautiful game. |
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This might dismay investors, as it might lead to losses even from what seemed to be safe investments. |
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As application forms for the new fund began landing on desks last week, the reaction from church conservation workers was one of dismay. |
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To my dismay I found that the departure gates through which passengers pass to board their aircraft were closed. |
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To my dismay David had to retake most of my shots so I think I was practically the last model left. |
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A dark shape loomed before him and he fell backwards, giving a yelp of dismay at his outline. |
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To their dismay, the same trees were than auctioned off to a sports goods company. |
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He renews his association with Catherine, to the dismay of her effete husband Edgar, but then elopes with Isabella, whom he maltreats. |
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A library can provide the mind with nourishment, pleasure, yet prove a source of tedium and dismay. |
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At Target today with Gnat I was pushing the cart around and realized, to my dismay, that we had nothing to get. |
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Other senior managers also received about R60 000 in backpay for their car allowances, much to the dismay of ordinary staff members. |
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However, to the dismay of the home-support a marginal offside decision went United's way. |
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Parents, seizing the wrong end of the stick, at once saw Eric as the ideal baptismal name, to the ultimate dismay of its recipients. |
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Her joy turned to dismay as he walked round to the other side of the bar, served her drink, took her money and then served the next customer. |
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She turned around, her arm sliding across the surface, but to her dismay, she had accidentally batted a cracked clay pot from the closed covers. |
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To their dismay, the player did not interact with people who spent money and time to support him with their tifo. |
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Searching his memory, he realized with mounting dismay that he didn't remember the phone number. |
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He crossed to the begrimed window and watched in dismay as Rabbit was led away, surrounded by three armed guards. |
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To their dismay they also realised that the car did not contain a stephney, jack and a toolbox, which could have made things easier for them. |
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But to her dismay, the car was totaled in an accident five months after she eliminated the debt. |
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His lovely book tells the tale of Brother Antoine, a young Canadian who enters a Trappist monastery in the 1970s to the dismay of his family. |
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Much to the dismay of many a hardcore computer geek, our world is not a binary system. |
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When stationed in Tadjikistan, Baer found to his dismay that the Agency had not a single Pashtun or Dari speaker to debrief refugees coming out of Afghanistan. |
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The results are likely to dismay supporters of liberal teaching methods. |
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Of perhaps greater dismay to the Board, of 42 exit row passengers, only 10 read the safety card and watched the preflight briefing from the flight attendants. |
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Bewilderment and helplessness and dismay mingled strangely, played out in a clashing kaleidoscope, vivid against the colourlessness of everything else. |
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Two thirds of the class emitted a collective groan of dismay. |
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Last year I came back again and found, to my dismay and disappointment, a shabby, untidy and uncared for cluster of poorly kept houses with shocking colour schemes. |
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One reason for cheer is that the interim agreement has brought together the hard-liners, theirs and ours, in reciprocal dismay. |
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To the sisters' dismay, Mary smoked, chewed tobacco, and drank whiskey. |
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The humility of Joseph to accept this news when most would have responded with incredulity and dismay. |
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Villagers reacted with shock and dismay to the news of the death. |
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He could have used this opportunity to express his dismay but also to start a dialogue to know and eliminate the reasons for the unrest and an untowardly reaction. |
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Meanwhile, his home, much to the dismay of his neighbors, has once again become an eyesore. |
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To their dismay they found out that many of them failed to take greens, leafy vegetables, pulses and cereals, and instead lived on fast food and colas. |
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To the dismay of gay rights advocates, a county court dismissed his suit. |
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North Wiltshire MP James Gray has added his voice to the growing chorus of dismay over plans to build a tunnel under the M4 from Swindon to Wootton Bassett. |
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News of the sale, however, has been met with dismay and alarm by some in the art world who see the dispersal of Breton's collection as a great public loss. |
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Those who profess to know him well, display dismay that he could have such an extraordinary lapse in discipline and control. |
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She also incarnates expatriate women, like Hooda, living in exile in London and perpetually nursing her Scotch, and the American woman watching CNN in dismay. |
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Although all honest and decent St Lucians were very upset at this revelation, they never manifested much dismay and your supporters even rallied by your side. |
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We have none of that faculty, so good at a pinch, which enabled an ingenious person to make ropes out of sea-sand, to the utter dismay of an insolent sceptic. |
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They have reacted with a mixture of dismay and anger to the spate of legislative activity aimed at banning overseas outsourcing or offshoring of government contracts. |
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Dr. Livinus easily clinched the party nomination to the utter dismay of the big party chiefs, many of whom had collected plenty of money from one rich candidate or the other. |
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Beyond the door Matron was ticking Bentham off for leaving Thomas alone and the other nurses were gathering, quizzing each other and expressing dismay. |
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I rouse myself, strain my mind, raise my voice for prophetic utterances, and try in every way to be worthy of the occasion, but to my utter dismay, discover I am not a leader. |
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After the campaign ended Lawrence returned to England to promote the cause of Arab independence, but to his dismay the region was carved up between the world powers. |
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I shook my head in dismay and dodged to one side as a BMW 3 series with loud rap music blasting out the open windows tried to turn me into a smear on the cobbled stone road. |
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As Dickie found to his dismay, the internet has changed all that. |
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While Marriott went to fetch it, Lady Delacour thought that Belinda would have time to recover from that utter dismay and confusion into which she hoped that she must now be thrown. |
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But the CIA is not a magic wand, as presidents keep discovering to their dismay. |
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Maybe it's the sheer volume of scandals on the landscape today, robbing any one of its totemic power to shock and dismay voters. |
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Many others from all around the world have been writing their opinions and reactions, ranging from shock and outrage to fury to dismay to fear and worry. |
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Enthusiasm at the possibility of transcending ethnic politics turned to dismay as misgovernment, corruption, and human rights violations occurred. |
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Both Harold and Vita viewed the rise of socialism with horror and dismay. |
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He avoids confrontation and the limelight, but he could not suppress his dismay about the absences that inaugural day. |
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The angsty, hazy mind of a teenager is a source of constant befuddlement and dismay for full-grown observers. |
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What can we do except to throw up our hands in dismay at the baffling nature of life? |
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LaPlan's exaltation when she got a strike, to the dismay a few showed when they had a dreaded gutter ball. |
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A number of small engagements were fought but to Nelson's dismay, he saw little action. |
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It is my belief that I could have felt no greater dismay, if the long arm of the Law had laid its hold on me while he was speaking. |
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And now sweete death most welcome vnto mee, thy stroakes ne can, ne shall me once dismay. |
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To the dismay of many, Documents fizzled out in 1931, just as Surrealism seemed to be gathering more steam. |
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Many settled in the new free colony of Victoria, to the dismay of the free settlers in towns such as Melbourne. |
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Anger and dismay over the treaty's provisions helped pave the way for the establishment of Benito Mussolini's dictatorship three years later. |
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Although a strategic success, the greater loss of ships on the Allied side brought early dismay. |
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Pollyanna opened wide her eyes at the remonstrative dismay in her aunt's voice. |
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It lasted until 1893, when some of its members, to Ensor's dismay, declared their allegiance to neo-Impressionism. |
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Her understandable dismay in corsetry's sexualization of girls would benefit from considering, for example, age-of-consent laws. |
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To her dismay she discovers she's actually 39, up-tight, with three children, and a husband who hates her. |
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Cricket legend Rahul Dravid expressed dismay with India's fascination with cricket and feels that an obsession towards any sport is demoralizing. |
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Most expressed discomfort or dismay over the whole spectacle. |
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Environmentalists have reacted with dismay to the attempt to nuclearize hydrogen production. |
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Last season, Omar Daal started the season in the bullpen, much to his dismay, but he pitched well in both roles all season. |
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While the opening poems in this eight-part work depict a demon's attack on a pilgrim, Already the Flames opaquely moves from dismay to deliverance. |
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To the dismay of the Scots, who had removed many traditional rituals from their liturgical practice, Charles insisted that the coronation be conducted in the Anglican rite. |
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To his dismay, he was rebuffed by the town's Parliamentary governor, Sir John Hotham, who refused him entry in April, and Charles was forced to withdraw. |
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The Rocket, to the dismay of the many visitors, failed to run. |
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It's an improbable 85-minute comedy about a young Afro-Cuban doctor who dreams of becoming a reggaeton star, to the deep dismay of his revolution-loving mother. |
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She blames all the destruction of the Round Table upon their adulterous relationship, which is the seed of all the dismay that followed, according to Le Morte D'Arthur. |
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Crawford published a biography of Elizabeth and Margaret's childhood years entitled The Little Princesses in 1950, much to the dismay of the royal family. |
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His main interest remained in the sciences, especially biology while he treated other school subjects with indifference, to the dismay of his demanding father. |
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To the dismay of IT professionals charged with maintaining productive systems, application performance steadily erodes as they struggle to keep up with network demand. |
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Riyadh's residents have expressed dismay over many traffic rerouting moves as a result of various road projects currently being implemented by the government. |
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Such an increase in the number of council members was granted to Dio's city of Prusa, to the dismay of existing councilmen who felt their status lowered. |
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In the Rihla he mentions his dismay at the local women going about with no clothing above the waist, and the locals taking no notice when he complained. |
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Copper and gold deposits are being developed by foreign investors, to the dismay of some environmental groups, as all of the projects are located within protected areas. |
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Some sound of dismay must have escaped my lips, for Jo narrowed his eyes on me. 'Doogheno or dabheno?' he asked in a low voice, unable to diagnose it for himself. |
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I READ with dismay the comments madeby J Hill about the money wasted by the government in preparing for the millennium bug, when ultimately the problem never occurred. |
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While these practices had existed from the founding of the Church of England, the Tractarian or Oxford Movement had been growing in influence, much to Cummins' dismay. |
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