Word: awe
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Within the past year, scientists watched in awe as a giant ice shelf disintegrated in the Antarctic Peninsula in just over one month's time, and in a remote region of West Antarctica, satellites have detected an expanse where glaciers are worrisomely speeding up their transport...
...this weekend, there was no awe in Winter’s eyes when he hit two free throws to give Harvard a late lead against Princeton. Nor was there any Palestra-induced hesitation in Jason Norman when—for a two-minute stretch, anyway—he became a profile of cornrowed fury, throwing down breakaway dunks on consecutive possessions to spark a first-half rally that kept the game close...
...decision maker, the Dear Leader's record is, quite literally, disastrous. At home he is the architect of a catastrophic famine that has killed hundreds of thousands?maybe millions?of his subjects since 1995. On the international chessboard, Kim's performance has been scarcely more awe inspiring. Indeed, in the current nuclear drama, many of Pyongyang's moves are careless or clueless miscalculations...
Strolling through the Security Council chambers and the massive blue-seated General Assembly hall, some of the visitors said they could not help but feel a sense of awe...
...arranged in order of increasing difficulty. It's an all-day affair: two three-hour sessions with a two-hour break. No calculators, no notes, no mercy. "There certainly is a mystique surrounding the exam," says Ravi Vakil, co-author of a book about the exam. "I think awe, respect and terror all apply...