Word: aghast
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Heroic parishioners such as Shamoon Masih, who carried children out of the church before fainting from blood loss, were aghast at the pure viciousness of the act. “They had no mercy for the children,” he lamented. “They had no mercy for the women. They could see that small children were being hit by bullets, but they kept firing.” Pope John Paul II characterized the brutality as a “tragic act of intolerance” that was utterly “evil” in its nature...
Traditionally uneasy with one another, Islamabad and many of the fiercely independent tribal elders along the Afghan frontier are uniting behind Zahir Shah. Islamabad is aghast at the possibility that the Northern Alliance--backed by Iran and Pakistan's enemy, India--might actually topple the Taliban with U.S. military help. The clan chieftains agree for ethnic reasons: except for a few brief and violent intervals, the majority Pashtun tribes have always ruled Afghanistan, and they want to see that happen again. As a Pashtun, Zahir Shah fits the bill. The ethnic minorities of the Northern Alliance find him acceptable...
...English major and word-monger I was aghast when the my eyes skimmed over “Beauty and the Breast,” Glamour magazine’s October how-to which instructs women everywhere to “make their chests over” with an array of creams, acids and something called a YAG laser. Not only did the quick-witted style sergeants declare that open-down-to-there shirts are apparently the thing to wear, but they did so with some of the most offensive puns I have ever read. The word “best?...
...enormous trouble at home; many Pakistanis believe bin Laden is not a terrorist but a true warrior of the Islamic faith who must be shielded from the U.S. at all costs. Friends say that Musharraf, 58, a low-key soldier with a neatly clipped mustache and tolerant views, was aghast at the suicide attacks. He did not hesitate. "I'll face tremendous difficulties, but I'll support you," he told Bush...
...enormous trouble at home; many Pakistanis believe bin Laden is not a terrorist but a true warrior of the Islamic faith who must be shielded from the U.S. at all costs. Friends say that Musharraf, 58, a low-key soldier with a neatly clipped mustache and tolerant views, was aghast at the suicide attacks. He did not hesitate. "I'll face tremendous difficulties, but I'll support you," he told Bush...