Word: shock
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...white cards would be joining his class this term. Students who were unable to shop the class that day or came late and couldn’t find seats were eliminated from the class roster and prohibited from enrolling. The “lottery” came as a shock to many who have long admired Wegner as a renowned professor. Considering his plans to take a leave of absence next year, it was no surprise that students were spilling into the aisles...
...news comes from a report published in the New England Journal of Medicine, in which physicians at Johns Hopkins described a group of 18 mostly older women and one man who developed serious heart problems after experiencing a sudden emotional shock, such as the death of a loved one, or, in the case of one 60-year-old woman, a surprise birthday party...
...good news about the condition doctors are calling the broken-heart syndrome is that it's reversible--provided the initial shock isn't too great. And repeat occurrences appear to be uncommon, no matter how many surprise birthday parties they throw...
...Glory and Grief I was dismayed by the title of Charles Krauthammer's essay "Shock and Awe" [Jan. 24]. That was the name used by the U.S. military for massive bombings and missile attacks on Iraq at the start of the invasion. Krauthammer referred to the shock of the tsunami and marveled at humanity's overwhelming generosity in response to the disaster, but using a phrase associated with the Iraq war was unfortunate. His commentary ignored the misery and destruction of war. The tsunami was a natural disaster; the Iraqi tragedy was man-made. Renee Arazie Aventura, Florida...
...point that he incorporated our suggestions, changing scenes and adding our ideas to the film." Garrel's follow-up project was even more daring. Ma Mère (My Mother) tells the story of a teenager's attraction to his promiscuous mother. The film managed to shock even French audiences with its fearless approach to a sordid sort of sexual awakening. "It's not really the nudity that's shocking, it's the emotional violence," says Garrel. "Actually, shooting these types of scenes is easy. It's watching them that's difficult," he says, recalling his embarrassment when...