Word: shock
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...million immigrants" who came to master English through the "oldfashioned assimilation policy," I can say that cultural shock is an inevitable reality for any individual entering a foreign country. Bilingual education soothes this shock by enabling the newly arrived immigrant to welcome the new by remembering and appreciating...
During the storm, while one evacuee bemoaned her fate, a local businessman said, in all seriousness, "Why, with all the federal and private relief, if you're smart, you can make money on this deal." Yet, since the initial shock of the destruction has taken hold, people have been left sorting through their damaged furniture and the ruined momentos of their lives. For the immediate future, at least, the residents of Hull have resigned themselves to a bleaker life, for a return to normalcy--let alone advancement--has washed away with the mud and salt water...
...Force and could be useful to Egypt at least for defensive purposes. Since they carry two 20mm electric machine guns and 7,000 Ibs. of bombs, they can also be used effectively to support ground troops. Egyptian pilots who trained in Soviet aircraft with Russian instructors may get a shock in the U.S.; the Air Force has 50 first-rate F-5E instructors who happen to be women...
Then the first shock from this narcissistic, almost coquettish new champion. He went off after the fight to eat ice cream in the company of Malcolm X, the Black Muslim leader whose unyielding words attacked the nation's racial hostilities and foretold the fire to come. The next morning, the conqueror of Listen told sportswriters he had become a Black Muslim...
SEVERAL HARVARD STUDENTS this winter made their way down to the richly festive New Orleans Mardi Gras celebrations, and along with their descriptions of the parades, balls and strings of brightly colored beads, they returned with some shocking snippets of overheard conversation. As one of the main floats in the Mardi Gras procession passed by, with black men and women dressed as slaves spinning batons and running alongside the float, one well-dressed, slightly inebriated New Orleans citizen was heard to remark, "They really do look like monkeys, don't they?" The remark at first stunned the Harvard visitors...