Word: shock
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...exploded above the Tunguska region of Siberia, flattening trees in a 25-mile radius, their trunks pointing outward from the epicenter of the blast. Scientists are pretty sure it was a comet or asteroid - about the same size as 2007 WD5, as it happens - that disintegrated from its own shock wave as it plowed through the atmosphere. (UFO enthusiasts have long been convinced it was a flying saucer that somehow made it across trillions of miles of interstellar space safely, only to blow up above Russia.) The scientific explanation would account for the aerial explosion, and also the fact that...
...must question the validity of the brain-imaging data that show children are not ready to read until at least age 5. That comes as a real shock to all the millions of us in the world who started reading at age 3 or 4. I guess we didn't see that study in time. Alan Zoller, DAYTON, OHIO...
...mirrors to distract from a lead who, while passably funny, doesn’t have the comedic chops of his compatriots.As for the humor, Apatow and friends take shot after ever-cheaper shot at the Cash mystique. When the jokes hit, they’re usually propelled by the shock of sheer absurdity: Cox manages to accidentally exterminate his entire family, and spits jive and sings “Love Your Negro Man” when asked to play at an R&B club. When the jokes miss, they never miss big. Consequently, the movie is consistently dumb, though...
...tumbling value in dismay, as it jacks up the cost of their time abroad. When David H. Garcia ’09 arrived in Paris this September, he didn’t expect the sharp difference in prices. “There was definitely a [price] sticker shock,” he said. “I was not totally prepared.” In the past year, the dollar has fallen by 5 percent against the pound and 10 percent against the euro, hitting record lows. At press time, one euro was worth 1.46 dollars, according to the Bloomberg...
...cashier’s tendency to nip the purchaser’s unobtrusiveness in the bud. A few scenes later, Jon’s best friend reveals that he is seriously ill, and Jon blanches, tears in his eyes. From “Sugar” to shock, “tick, tick…BOOM!,” which runs through Dec. 16 in the Adams House Pool Theatre, continually oscillates between the lighthearted and the dramatic in an hour of monologues and musical numbers. The actors’ intensity and the strength of the live band that accompanies...