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When the Globe called his office to inform him that he made the list, he was taken aback...
...yoga teacher, I was taken aback by the article, "When Yoga Hurts" [Oct. 15]. I fear its lack of balance might scare people away from a practice that offers far more benefits than drawbacks. Yes, yoga--like spinning and running--can be harmful if practiced incorrectly, but its history of more than 5,000 years and its millions of practitioners worldwide attest to its benefits. Besides building strength and flexibility, yoga has been shown to have a positive effect on depression, anxiety, insomnia and core physiology...
It’s difficult not to be taken aback by the infusion of hues in “Gods in Color,” one of the latest exhibits to fill the rooms of the Arthur M. Sackler Museum, running from Sept. 22, 2007 to Jan. 20, 2008. The presupposed norm of white marble sculptures representing the purity of ancient Greece and Rome is washed away by the brilliant, bold, and rich colors that are now bestowed on replicas of these sculptures. EVERYDAY PEOPLE Obviously, color is pivotal in experiencing this collection, making “Gods in Color?...
...Taken aback by the suggestion that I could personally participate in overthrowing American democracy, my first reaction was to say, “That’s not how we do it in the United States.” Maybe Argentina—a country in which a twenty-year regime of any sort is a remarkable bout of stability, and in which the Montoneros, a leftist paramilitary group of the 1960s and ‘70s, continue to capture the imagination of the young intelligencia—had taught its youth to value radical action over respect for democracy...
...comfort with PDA, New England's puritanical roots must have rubbed off on me. I'll admit I was taken aback at seeing a couple having sex on Avenue Kleber en plein air on their street-facing balcony. For the first couple of weeks in Paris, each time I saw a couple kissing on the street, I was reminded of the morning a man shouted “Excusez moi!” and then “Regardez!” before proceeding to show me something I surely did not want to “regard...