Word: distressingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even though deficits hurt the budget and distress the Corporation, Gerrity said she believes next year's budget might help the Faculty in the long run. "Tiny surpluses may hinder you because the Faculty thinks everything fine," she said...
...right. But joke or no joke, how can anyone dissociate him/herself from the all-too-real pain? How can anyone with the slightest parental urge--or human decency--laugh at a delivery that ends in bloody death? And, given that laughter is a complex entity and could signal distress as well as pleasure, why was the reaction to the movie overwhelmingly, ecstatically favorable...
...right. But joke or no joke, how can anyone dissociate him/herself from the all-too-real pain? How can anyone with the slightest parental urge--or human decency--laugh at a delivery that ends in bloody death? And, given that laughter is a complex entity and could signal distress as well as pleasure, why was the reaction to the movie overwhelmingly, ecstatically favorable...
...right. But joke or no joke, how can anyone dissociate him/herself from the all-too-real pain? How can anyone with the slightest parental urge--or human decency--laugh at a delivery that ends in bloody death? And, given that laughter is a complex entity and could signal distress as well as pleasure, why was the reaction to the movie overwhelmingly, ecstatically favorable...
...want to take a walk down the block. Any block in the surrounding area will do, because Harvard is sure to own the land and most of the buildings on it. And Harvard is buying more each day and the city's leaders are still wringing their hands in distress but remain unable to do too much about...