Diplomats said Egyptian officials told American diplomats on Tuesday evening that Mr. Mubarak was not feeling well, and today, Secretary Powell said, the Egyptians reported that he was "indisposed".
Mr. Hansen found a man named Kenneth who would not let Mr. Hansen in because he was indisposed — he became "Pantsless Kenneth" in the column — but said that he knew the photo in question and thought his neighbor had taken it.
I asked Jack Straw to make the parliamentary statement on Europe the next day in place of Tony, and we had a debate on what should happen to the nuclear button while he was indisposed.
An insert in the program announced he would not be singing; an announcement before the show contradicted this; and one inferred that he was indisposed, decided to give it a try anyway, and once onstage, having cracked hideously and repeatedly in the introduction to his big aria, pulled himself together to deliver the aria itself without mishap.
Perhaps the highlight was John Hurt taking the lead role in Radio 4's Jeffrey Bernard Is Unwell, Keith Waterhouse's still-sparkling biographical play about the notorious Soho bon vivant who wrote the Low Life column in the Spectator – except, of course, when he was indisposed.
Jourdan retired to Strasbourg, where he was, or claimed he was, indisposed.
The company will say only that she is "indisposed".
I behaved quite normally that evening though at the end, when he asked if Minn would welcome a visit from Bubl, I replied smoothly that she was indisposed.
Concerns were raised after Smith missed three consecutive shows after the Baftas on Sunday night, with the Savoy theatre announcing that she was "indisposed".
Other oddballs include a tottering redhead who seems to be waiting or looking for something; a spectral female in pale nightie who drifts about, echoing the gestures of others, as if trying to make sense of them (this was to have been Bausch herself, but she was indisposed on opening night).
