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...known as Yale to the uninitiated--also gave a jolt to the ECAC. A team that was decimated by the loss of 13 graduated lettermen certainly wasn't supposed to be back at the Garden this year. Credit this year's Eli success (the team finished 14-7-1 in the league) to a pair of puckstoppers named Mike...
...multitude of possible interpretations. Innovation, even if it is not always completely successful, keeps the art fresh; and in any case, those who claim that the real drama in opera is found in the singing can have no reasonable objection to new stagings. American companies would benefit from a jolt of European bravado. It is not a sign of degeneracy but of vitality...
...Another jolt of political excitement hit the new campaign with the news that Denis Worrall, the country's ambassador in London, was resigning his post and coming home. Insiders say that Worrall, a former National Party M.P., could no longer defend his country's racial policies abroad. He reportedly plans to run for Parliament as an independent...
Getting fired, though, is always a jolt. Once the shock has worn off, many people are left with a fragile sense of self-esteem. Even those who remain at work are affected by layoffs, suffering both from what is often called survivor's guilt and from apprehension about their own jobs. Says Elizabeth Uporsky, 30, an accounts-receivable specialist at AT&T, which is undergoing major staff reductions: "Everybody is walking around on pins and needles wondering if they're going to be next. We're reminded of what's happening every day. We have rows and rows of empty...
MINUTES LATER, IT happened. There was a sudden jolt and the shrill screech of breaking wheels amid screams and falling luggage. One encountered what can only be described as a violent roller coaster ride with intense vibration and heavy rumbling as metal grated on gravel...