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...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...
Several professors, including Edwards, indicated yesterday that they had not yet read the letter, but that they were not taken aback by the measures it outlined, given the extent of the financial crisis...
...chorus to David Bowie's "Young Americans" was "She was a young American." While at karaoke earlier this summer, I realized he was actually singing "she wants a young American." It's only one word, but it completely changes the meaning of the song, and I was so taken aback that I actually stopped the song midway through - a rarity in my karaoke career...