Word: shock
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Members of the Harvard community who knew the two as students expressed their shock and grief yesterday afternoon...
...winner professed to having mixed emotions. Wu said he experienced "shock and an unreal kind of feeling" upon hearing that he had won the Rhodes...
After the headlines of recrimination and pretended shock wear off, we go back to our ordinary lives. Before long, we forget the victims' names. They weren't our children or the children of our neighbors. We do not need to mourn them for too long. But do we have the right to mourn at all? What does it mean when those whom we elect to public office cut back elemental services of life protection for poor children and then show up at the victim's funeral to pay condolence to the relatives and friends? At what point do those...
Part of the Presidents' apparent shell shock could be attributed to pure exhaustion. They had been negotiating almost nonstop for three weeks and around the clock for several days before the signing ceremony. Part of their mood may have been introspection, a feeling of concern about just what they were doing and how it would be received by the most passionate combatants at home. It was inevitable that some diehards would consider the settlement, any settlement, unsatisfactory...
That culture shock so far is largely one of uncertainty. Until the Westinghouse takeover is completed (it awaits final approval from the Federal Communications Commission, which is expected in the next few weeks), chairman Michael Jordan and other company officials have declined to give any details of their plans for the network. But Westinghouse, a veteran broadcaster that owns five TV and 16 radio stations, is known in the business as an aggressive cost cutter. Observers both inside and outside CBS think that doesn't bode well. "Larry Tisch has cut costs considerably over the years," says Dennis McAlpine, media...