Margaret Thatcher's resignation as British prime minister provoked tears in Washington and consternation in Moscow, according to a secret Downing Street file released on Friday.
This "engineering gap" is a source of pride in India and consternation in America, which fears the cutting and pasting of high-tech jobs from West to East.Himanshu and Varun Aggarwal are two of India's formidable techies.
In 2009, a huge Australian oil spill in the Timor Sea caused anger and consternation in Jakarta and Dili.
Indeed, the game show has attracted debate and consternation in the Netherlands for seeming to mock asylum seekers.
The announcement was met with relief in communities that were spared and consternation in those that were not.
The trailer for the latest big screen outing of the Jurassic Park franchise is causing delight and consternation in equal measure over the appearance of the extinct stars.
Mr Miliband told MPs: "The Commission's handling of this matter has been cack-handed and unacceptable and it has caused consternation in a number of other states.
Finch then edged to the vacated area and there followed consternation and anguish captured in a cry from Rankin.
The usually sympathetic board of the Chicago Tribune expressed consternation in an editorial entitled "Pants on Fire Award".
Dave Bowell, a board member of the New York Deaf Theater, explained the consternation in an e-mail message.
