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Americans taken aback by events like the NBA brawl can find some solace in the fact that they have been spared the violence that routinely accompanies soccer games in Europe, where fans throw bottles and knives at the opposing team--unless they can find something bigger. "You have people who don't even watch the game," says Sergio Campana of Italy's players union. "They just come to cause havoc...
Many Quadlings, however, were taken aback when they first heard the bells ringing last Wednesday. No official notice was given out notifying the Quad residents of Tutschku’s project...
While I was perusing the Editorial section of The Crimson this morning over a delightful lemon poppyseed muffin, I was stopped in my tracks and taken aback by a disturbing verbal usage in William Adams’ column, “Twenty-three is the Ugliest Number” (Nov. 10). In this column, the author’s mother is said to have been “injected with prostaglandin hormones to induce pregnancy.” To induce pregnancy, you wonder? That’s what I wondered as well...
Mark, chubby and pale, stood just a little shorter than average height. When he first met up with others in the SM scene, they were often taken aback by his round baby-face and glasses...
YOUR LATEST BOOK IS TITLED FAMILY FIRST. WHAT DO YOU SEE AS THE BIGGEST PROBLEM FACING PARENTS TODAY? They're intimidated. Life is moving so fast and there's so much competition for influencing their children that they're a little taken aback by it. Parents aren't the only influence in their kids' lives, so they need to be the best, the loudest, the clearest and the closest...