Word: shock
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...shock of Nov. 9, the day an embattled East German government allowed its people to cross their borders for at least a glimpse of the outside world, has yet to wear off. Those among the nearly 5 million people who, in little more than a week, made the journey cannot quite believe they did, and the faces of the thousands who pour through frontier crossings every day are bright with expectation. In Berlin, East Germans huddle over subway maps as they head into Western terra incognita, a place most of them know only from television; at other checkpoints their cars...
Perhaps the most cogent explanation for G.D.R. loyalty is that the existing state insulates the people against the shock of the outside world. "We look at the West, and it's a fairyland," says an East Berlin housewife. "Our attitudes are different. We grew up more modest. We missed out on a lot, but we make do. Over there it's all money, money, money. We don't have it." There , is the touch of an inferiority complex as well, and given widespread West German complaints about new burdens, it is perhaps justified. "Maybe it's best not to unify...
...keep waiting for culture shock to hit, for me to become totally frustrated with my Chinese or get completely sick of everything--something. But it hasn't happened...
Lowell House resident John J. Nowaczyk '91-92 called most of the statistics expected, but said that the differences between the highest house and the lowest house in both scholarship aid and concentration choice came as a shock...
...Immediately what came to my mind after the initial shock was revenge," Minnesota senior Rich Manusky says. "That was the third time since I've been here that we've made it to the Final Four and failed to win the national championship. I didn't know how, but I wanted to get back at someone...