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c) Trumpeted Clinton's denial but has not expressed chagrin now that Clinton has admitted his lies.
Pamela Blackard and Debra Ballentine first told their stories in February 1994 in exclusive interviews with reporter Michael Isikoff, then of the Washington Post . But to Isikoff's chagrin, the Post printed only sketchy fragments of their accounts, 11 weeks later.
Imagine my chagrin then, to read an AP story that had popped up over the same weekend that several Republican presidential candidates had pledged to oppose allowing gays and lesbians to adopt children, same-sex relationships under the term "marriage," discussion of homosexuality in schools, and federal laws to specifically protect homosexuals from discrimination, part of an overall effort by a dozen anti-gay groups in this latest election cycle.
As you can see on one of the daily guided tours through Olympic Park, the result is as grandiose in design as it has been ruinous in cost, to the continuing chagrin of local taxpayers with long memories and short bank balances.
Last year, she opted to give a recital in Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, rather than in the larger Avery Fisher Hall (to the chagrin of the presenter).