Word: aghast
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...baby being thrown to the floor, at the feet of aghast relatives: this image of violence is repeated several times as a symbol of the failure of family life in “The Marriage of Bette and Boo.” As such a motif suggests, the first Harvard-Radcliffe Dramatic Club (HRDC) Mainstage show of the year does not shirk from conflict in its portrayal of suburban life. Running until Oct. 28, “Bette and Boo” was written by Christopher F. Durang ’71. Produced by Aileen K. Robinson...
...Airacobra. Back in April 1942, Beck says, it landed in New Guinea with four other brand-new P-39s, all emblazoned with the U.S. Army Air Force insignia, a blue circle containing a white star with a red dot at the center. The Australians on the ground were aghast: Japanese aircraft were marked with a red dot. An Australian officer immediately ordered all of the dots painted over. (Soon after, the red dot was removed from standard U.S. markings...
...have a pre-onset phase, or prodrome, during which careful intervention could prevent them from emerging—and wrecking the lives of sufferers and their loved ones. The theory wasn't McGorry's alone, but he decided to test it in a world-first trial that had psychiatry's skeptics aghast...
...just finally sinking in that something has gone very wrong. Bush has made mistake after mistake without ever offering an explanation or holding anyone accountable. This is the man we are trusting with our security? He is in denial while the rest of us look on aghast at his incompetence. I hope all those who voted to re-elect him realize their mistake. Sue Brown West Hartford, Connecticut...
...just finally sinking in that something has gone very wrong. Bush has made mistake after mistake without ever offering an explanation or holding anyone accountable. This is the man we are trusting with our security? He is in denial while the rest of us look on aghast at his incompetence. I hope that all those who voted to re-elect him realize their mistake. Sue Brown West Hartford, Connecticut, U.S. Bush's political antenna isn't broken; it is tuned to the interests of Big Money. The transmission is on an encrypted frequency, and it directs the President much like...