Word: numb
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Song: “Comfortably Numb,” Pink Floyd...
...beyond ourselves and our lives. Mayor Rudy Giuliani is not an extraordinary man; he's only human and has all the flaws of an ordinary person. Yet when confronted with evil, Giuliani rose up and demonstrated kindness, strength, confidence and extraordinary skills at a time when we were too numb to think. From coast to coast, he has helped to heal and unite the nation. HELENE SIESEL San Diego...
Mike seemed numb and detached. In curt monosyllables, he assured everyone that he was fine. Yet the pain seeped out in slight but revealing ways. Mike, who had helped build his father Robert's house, spent most of his free time tinkering with his masterpiece. "He kept forgetting things when he was working, or he'd bring the wrong tools. You could see he was within himself," says his father Robert. "It was almost like he was in a coma...
...predecessor Scary Movie. In the end, the major laughs in both films are induced by shocking the viewer by crossing a line previously believed uncrossable. While this technique produces a few giggles and chuckles initially, by the time the movie progresses to its conclusion, one simply becomes numb to its relentless attacks on good taste. It may be not another teen movie, but it’s not another Airplane! either. —Daniel...
...fingers and toes actually did grow numb, the crowd began to break up into groups—those who had friends in other Houses, and those who didn’t. The have-friends dispersed, left to anxiously await further news about our burning abode as they comfortably watched TV and complained incessantly about the inconvenience to their bored friends. The friend-less were left to wander the streets, homeless and lonely, while Dean Lewis stretched out at home by a fire, smoked his pipe and patted his dog on the head. All was quiet on the administrators?...