Word: shock
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...Earth-observing satellites have been training their cameras on the Gulf of Mexico and beaming what they see back home. Researchers at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge began studying the first portfolio of pictures taken since the hurricane hit last week, and what they saw was a shock. Entire barrier islands are missing. Coastal marshes have been shredded. A Native American encampment to the south of Port Sulphur seems to have vanished. Everywhere, dark watery splotches appear in the spots where the overloaded levees failed and burst...
...loan principal paired with growing interest payments. If you can't sell before your initial low rates expire, you may want to refinance into a new kind of hybrid loan, such as an adjustable-rate mortgage that eventually converts into a fixed 25-year loan. "You'll moderate the shock of a sudden doubling of your monthly payments," says Christopher Cagan, director of research for First American Real Estate Solutions...
From the moment parents absorb the shock that their child may be autistic, they enter a dizzying world of specialists, therapists and, alas, purveyors of snake oil. Getting the right help quickly is paramount, but it is hard to make good decisions when you are in a panic or fighting despair...
...Loggins’ “Footloose” while pulling a sick dance move/split combo. This has probably happened 8 times in my life, but I never had the courage to ask him if he wanted to do that thing where you wiggle your arms like an electric shock is passing through you and then you pass the electricity to the next...
...articles that Viswanathan wrote for the newspaper during internships in 2003 and 2004. “Some of her writing needed heavy editing, some of it was very strong,” said Theoden Janes, an editor at The Record. “The book deal was an enormous shock; the way this has all played out, in such a short amount of time, is even more surprising.”A call for comment placed to Viswanathan’s cellphone yesterday was not returned.LETTER OF THE LAWWhether Viswanathan is allowed to keep her share of the reported half...