Word: shock
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...very easy to propose one-sided solutions from the comfort and safety of Cambridge. The rejection of Oslo, which acknowledged a basis for negotiation by all involved in the peace process in the Middle East, causes no shock waves on the Charles. In the Middle East, however, this Rejectionist position is held only by Hamas and the Most right-wing Israeli political parties. Compromises are not one-sided, and only by avoiding Simple rejectionist roles and understanding the perspective of our negotiating partners can we work together to reach a modus vivendi more suitable for all. BETH GOLDSTEIN'99 MIRIAM...
...give blood for DNA testing, they saw it as a chance to affirm their faith--that Thomas was, in fact, a child of Thomas Jefferson and his slave Sally Hemings. "We knew it like religion," says Robert Golden, Thomas' great-great-great- grandson. The results, however, came as a shock: Jefferson was not Thomas Woodson's father...
...show. It seems to understand the baby imperatives (either suck on a bottle or break out of the playpen and scope out the great wide world) while treating the grownup figures with the same genial ribbing the kids get. Tommy the explorer and Chuckie, his friend with the orange shock top and a chronically fretful nature, are attractive opposites; three-year-old Angelica is a finely drawn priss. The animation is distinctive and supple, suggesting Max Fleischer and the Modernist Zagreb school. Who thought to give the kids' heads the shape and apparent consistency of grapefruit? Who unleashed the hyperkinetic...
...after taking time for recovery from shock, I replied to my antagonists with spirit. They had done me the favor of forcing me to make my reasons for calling explicit...
...When I ran for the office, I presumed whoever won this seat would become a member of the [House's] minority party," he says. "That's not a shock. That was part of my decision-making process...