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Much and dismay
Much to Piazzolla's dismay, his father decided that he was not old enough to go along, although the following year he did play a cameo role as a young paper boy in Gardel's movie El día que me quieras.
Much to the dismay of his brother, the ultra-royalist comte d ’ Artois, he always dreaded the day he would die, believing that his brother, and heir, Artois, would abandon the centrist government for an ultra-royalist autocracy, which would not bring favourable results.
Much to his dismay, however, Merrill cannot rid himself of the Sun as prospective buyers either dismiss it outright as a fake or decline to purchase it due to the discomfort and unease they feel upon viewing the photographs.
Much to his dismay, his only daughter greeted him upon his triumphant return.
Much to the dismay of Plymouth residents, Daisy moved its corporate offices and manufacturing facilities from Plymouth to Rogers, Arkansas in 1958.
Much to his dismay, Sidney Bechet used it in 1941 to play half a dozen instruments on " Sheik of Araby ").
Much to his father's dismay, his chief preoccupation seemed to be frequenting salons and engaging in conversation.
Much to Sheridan's dismay, Halleck's vision for Sheridan consisted of a continuing role as a staff officer.
Much to his and Ron's dismay, Hermione reports the broomstick to Professor McGonagall, who takes it away, fearing that it may have been sent ( and cursed ) by Sirius Black.
Much to her mother's dismay, Minnie's chosen book influences her to take up red Indian traditions in which she gets up to much mischief.
Much to Bennett ’ s dismay, the federal government of Canada dissolved the deal by asserting its right of control over international waterways and took over negotiations with the United States.
: Much to Konoha's dismay, Hiroto has a slight crush on Misao.
Much to the dismay of local residents, this effort succeeded, and Austin became part of Chicago in 1899.
Much to her dismay, this new agency is headed by Sloane, who oversees a handpicked team which includes Sydney, Jack Bristow, Vaughn, and Dixon.
Much to the dismay of many alumni, the State University of New York at Canton ( SUNY Canton ) in neighboring Canton has informally adopted the moniker Canton College of Technology.
Much to Sue Ellen's dismay, her mother hires a live-in babysitter, Mrs. Sturak, a seemingly sweet, humble old woman who assures Mrs. Crandell that she can take care of all five children.
Much to the dismay of Velma, who insists they keep a low profile and leave, the three men enter the town, which is now full of townspeople, and go back to the bar.
Much to Thorne's dismay ( not least because he was actually commentating on the match ), Parrott recovered from a slow start to win, only worsening Thorne's debts.
Much to Chandler's dismay, the job is as an intern, which leaves him in the awkward position of working alongside people who are significantly younger than him.
Much to Nora's dismay, Kaz dispatched Tess to capture Ai.
Much to the dismay of longtime fans, The Wallflowers did not tour in 2006, although keyboardist Rami Jaffee toured with the Foo Fighters for their acoustic tour, and drummer Fred Eltringham worked with the Dixie Chicks.
Much to everyone's dismay, they were worthless.
Much to his dismay, Long found out that all schools except Exeter Public School, which he went to, got closed.
Much to Yukinari's dismay, that does not stop her from flirting and fondling him whenever she gets a chance.

Much and found
Much progress has been made in the last two decades in developing techniques for understanding children, yet in almost any classroom today can be found children whose needs are not being met by the school program.
Much of the inspiration for this scheme can be found in the earlier publications of Paul Passy.
Much of the garbage and sewage from Detroit's rapid industrialization found its way into the river.
Much as in a sunset, the atmosphere tends to more strongly scatter light with shorter wavelengths, so the illumination of the Moon by refracted light has a red hue, thus the phrase ' Blood Moon ' is often found in descriptions of such lunar events as far back as eclipses are recorded.
Much of the written material found in these digs was later translated by Giovanni Pettinato.
Much later, the X-Men found evidence in one of Destiny's journals of a group known as the Twelve, including Xavier, Magneto, Cyclops, Phoenix, Iceman, Polaris, Storm, Cable, Bishop, Sunfire, Mikhail Rasputin and the Living Monolith.
Much detail on English Jacobinism can be found in E. P. Thompson's The Making of the English Working Class.
Much evidence of manufacturing activity has been found and more advanced techniques were used.
Much archaeological proof of their existence can be found in the western mid-hills of Nepal.
Much of the extant information about the Passion of Osiris can be found on the Ikhernofret Stela at Abydos erected in the 12th Dynasty by Ikhernofret ( also I-Kher-Nefert ), possibly a priest of Osiris or other official ( the titles of Ikhernofret are described in his stela from Abydos ) during the reign of Senwosret III ( Pharaoh Sesostris, about 1875 BC ).
Much of the Inca architecture and stonework found at these sites continues to confound archaeologists.
Much of today's sienna production is still carried out in the Italian islands of Sardinia and Sicily, while other major deposits are found in the Appalachian Mountains, where it often goes hand-in-hand with the region's iron deposits.
Much of the genetic work done on hemichordates has been done to make comparison with chordates, so it is obvious that many of the genetic markers identified in this group are also found in chordates or are homologous to chordates in some way.
Much of the medical literature in this area is composed of case studies of single or twin pregnancies, and although some have reported serious complications, the majority have found ECT to be safe.
Much of the remaining half of the genome that is currently without an explained origin is expected to have found its origin in transposable elements that were active so long ago (> 200 million years ) that random mutations have rendered them unrecognizable.
Much of the negative impact of estrogen that they found was related to the fact that most of the women in the Women ’ s Health Initiative study were far past the menopause and up to 79 years old .” Dr. Rubinow continues by explaining that “ there are now a large number of studies that demonstrate what has been called the timing hypothesis.
Much as Miles Joseph Berkeley ( 1803 – 1889 ) had insisted in 1841 that the fungus found in potato blight was the cause of the disease, de Bary declared that the rust and smut fungi were the causes of the pathological changes in diseased plants.
Much of what was contained in the Sunningdale Agreement found its way into the Good Friday Agreement of 1998, which was once described by the then deputy leader of the SDLP, Seamus Mallon, as " Sunningdale for slow learners ", a reference to the failed power-sharing deal of 1973.
Much of the surviving information about the Scythians comes from the Greek historian Herodotus ( c. 440 BC ) in his Histories and Ovid in his poem of exile Epistulae ex Ponto, and archaeologically from the exquisite goldwork found in Scythian burial mounds in Ukraine and Southern Russia.
Much of the local indigenous history has been well preserved in the Regional Lore Museum and Natural History Museum and in places like near the Nanai settlement of Sikhachi-Alyan, where cliff drawings from more than 13, 000 years ago can be found.
Much of the impact of Hrabal's writing derives from his juxtaposition of the beauty and cruelty found in everyday life.
Much larger forms are found in the later rocks of the upper part of the Jurassic and the lower part of the Cretaceous, such as Titanites from the Portland Stone of Jurassic of southern England, which is often 53 centimetres ( 2 feet ) in diameter, and Parapuzosia seppenradensis of the Cretaceous period of Germany, which is one of the largest known ammonites, sometimes reaching 2 metres ( 6. 5 feet ) in diameter.
Much of Charles's reign was taken up by conflicts with France, which found itself encircled by Charles's empire while it still maintained ambitions in Italy.
Much earlier than Laurent Cassegrain, he found the fundamental arrangement of the two-mirrors telescope combination, a concave primary mirror associated with a convex secondary mirror and discovered the telephoto effect that is critical in reflecting telescopes, although it is obvious that he was far from having understood all the implications of that discovery.

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