But Altman was not dismayed; he was more at ease knowing that Manyenga was unsubtle.
They were then given away for free to a million Galaxy phone owners seventy-two hours ahead of the official release date, through a specific app, which was apparently buggy, to the dismay of the rapper, who was nonetheless not dismayed enough to return the five million dollars he'd earned before the album was even available for purchase.
Was he not dismayed by the negativity?
"The bonds," wrote Bolívar, "that united us to Spain have been severed". He was not dismayed that the Spaniards had in certain instances won the upper hand.
As May begins, the Yankees are not dismayed because they have a 14-6 record and have been in first place in the American League East since April 11.
The service ended with the singing of the hymn that begins, "Be not dismayed, whate'er betide, God will take care of you".
In fact, if I were an investor I would be reassured, not dismayed, by a demonstration that the president is willing and able to stand up to blackmail on the part of right-wing extremists.
Traditionalists have been dismayed any time Doe's made a change — wrapping its tamales in parchment paper instead of shucks, no longer packing take-out tamales in reused No. 10 cans — although not dismayed enough, I suspect, to skip the tamales and go straight to the steak.
Most were further surprised, though presumably not dismayed, by the serious commitment to Arab-Israeli peace shown by President George Bush soon after the invasion.More of those surprises have been pleasant than unpleasant, though it is too soon to make a definitive reckoning of that sort.
