Some council members said that they were particularly dismayed by the mayor's proposal to suspend recycling of cans and bottles.

He admits he has not had much luck and like Mr. Denitch, he is particularly dismayed by the silence of colleagues whose earlier concerns for human rights seems to have succumbed to fear of intervention.

Senator Ruben Diaz Sr., a Bronx Democrat, said he was particularly dismayed by the proposed 50 percent cut to the state's Educational Opportunities Program, which is intended to provide extra financial and educational support to disadvantaged students.

Mr. Killinger, who grew up in rural Nebraska, was particularly dismayed by the plight of Baldwin Village children, who spent their afternoons behind locked doors.

But Koppers officials have been particularly dismayed by the $23 million that Shearson provided to establish BNS Inc., which was formed to acquire Koppers.

Western observers were particularly dismayed by the spectacle of women returning to the veil, which they had seen as a symbol of Islamic backwardness and patriarchy since the days of Lord Cromer.

Attorney General Janet Reno said today that she was particularly dismayed by the finding that the homicide rate among 14- to 17-year-olds had increased 165 percent in the past 10 years.

Matthew was particularly dismayed by the presence of what will surely be the new truck's most controversial feature.

Meanwhile, none of the parties in the current Governmental coalition seem particularly dismayed by a European Commission report suggesting that the Czech Republic is unlikely to be admitted to the European Union in 2003, as originally planned.

He was particularly dismayed by the diminution of American woods and wildlife that he had witnessed in only a couple of decades, complaining of the steamboats he saw and hammers he heard.