Word: aback
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...committed to me and the group that it was going to meet on a regular basis.”Students say the resolution surprised the administration, which appeared to be unaware of the strong student sentiments surrounding the issue.“I think the Dean was really taken aback,” says Jessica K. Reitz, a co-chair of the Student Public Service Collaborative, a student organization that arose from the Dean’s Committee on Public Service.Ellwood could not be reached for comment for this article.In response, administrators met with student leaders, reaffirming their commitment...
...Philadelphia-based strategist Larry Ceisler, a Democrat who has long supported Specter, said he had expected to see him make a bid as an independent, even though that is technically difficult under Pennsylvania law, and was taken aback by his complete switch of parties. That switch, he said, appears to be the loudest statement of disapproval Specter can make about the Republicans and not necessarily an endorsement of the Democrats. "I don't expect Arlen Specter to be any different as a Democrat than he was as a Republican ... He was a maverick Republican. He's going...
...didn't come as a surprise to Catholics when, on the morning of March 9, the President signed an Executive Order allowing research on embryonic stem cells to go forward after an eight-year halt. Obama's forceful explanation for his decision, however, took them aback...
...know who she was, and I said, 'Well, how old are you?'" Travis recalled. Orman was 49 at the time, and Travis told her she had only five years left before she'd be too old to do much of anything, especially on television. "She got so taken aback that I think that is what intrigued Suze about me," Travis said. "That's kind of how it all started...
...while Bristed was taken aback by the boozing at Cambridge, in his diary he praised the academic virtues and well roundedness of the students. Maybe he was right and things at the university really have changed for the worse. Or maybe he was just full of hot air. Professor Stray, who came across the diary in a Cambridge library 20 years ago, spent seven years adding notes to the text, and his efforts, in part, have saved the book from oblivion. But for all his investment in Bristed's work, he still can't stomach the author's egotism...