Word: shock
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...over what she now views as petty, she says.A Common Problem?The alienation of returning to Harvard is widespread enough that the Office of International Programs (OIP) provides support for students on its website. “Re-entry can for some people be more difficult than the culture shock that they experienced when they went abroad. People returning from abroad can feel disoriented and startled by their perceptions of their own culture,” the website reads. The growth and development that occur as a result of studying abroad can often lead students to feel estranged from their...
...expected this for the last week, so it's hardly a huge shock," Glaeser said. He added he hoped the next permanent president would be "someone who holds fast to President Summers' commitment and is, perhaps, a much better manager of academic talent...
...decided to pay her bill because “I was in shock and my waitress was standing there,” she said. “To be fair they were actually telling people not to pay. We had already been given our bill. I just wanted to make sure the waitress was tipped for taking care...
...rare but gratifying moment. The arena rammed with music executives momentarily fell into a stunned silence. Then, the words: "And the 1999 Brit Award for best breakthrough act goes to: Belle and Sebastian" percolated through fogged brains, and noiseless shock gave way to intense chatter. Some questioned the result, but most just wanted to know, "Who the hell are Belle and Sebastian?" One exec thought they might be a firm of music lawyers. Pete Waterman, producer of Steps - the chart-topping pop puppets perceived as shoo-ins for the award - demanded an investigation. And so the bookish, reclusive Glasgow group...
...Tokyo Stock Shock "Living on the Edge" described the scandal about charges that the Japanese Internet company Livedoor was involved in illegal securities manipulation [Jan. 30]. Livedoor's founder and ceo, Takafumie Horie, had kept on holding press conferences because the company caters to naive individual shareholders who put their trust in what they see on TV. The comment by Horie, "What I care about most is the publicity the company gets," held to be true. The benefit everyone gains from the Livedoor shock is the awareness that the public needs to have a higher level of financial literacy. Livedoor...