Word: shocking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Professor Emeritus Kuno Francke, Honorary Curator of the Germanic Museum, said: "It is a shock to me to hear that LeBaron R. Briggs is going to resign. I cannot think of Harvard College without him. He is inextricably interwoven with everything about her, and there are traces of him everywhere in her precincts. The Yard, the River, the Stadium, Sanders Theatre, the Faculty Room, Sever, the Union, daily themes, composition, football dinners, probation, prizes, scholarships, dropped Freshmen, goodies, boardwalks, the CRIMSON, the Advocate, the Lampoon, regulations and irregularities, grinds and loafers, Gentile and Jew, hour exams and Class Day--what...
...sped the cyclist, passed the carriage, threw the contents of his bottle (acid) at the Cadi who was badly burned about the neck, chest, left hand, suffered from shock...
...those tight little Englanders who look upon their colonies in a motherly sort of way, Canada's action in registering independently a treaty at the headquarters of the League will come as a severs, if not unexpected shock. The apron-strings which bind the dominions to the home government have never been pulled too tight, at least not in a hundred, years. But it must be painful to the benevolent conquerors of a large part of the globe to discover such readiness, nay, anxiety to throw off the maternal leading-strings...
...student caught up in the wild whirl of activity before he becomes conscious of his own individuality these words come as a shock--and more shocking because true: "Practically incessant activity with little opportunity for reflection is of at least debatable value for the average student." And for the potential creative artist? "Is it reasonable to expect Creative Genius to germinate, take root, unfold the buds--to develop steadily, surely--in such soil, such atmosphere?" With anguish the student must realize that his four years at college are not favorable--even hostile--to what true genius lies latent...
...Gordon says what he has to say in language that has only one meaning, yet any but the most puritanical auditors can leave their shock absorbers at home with perfect safety. The play deals with the debilitating effect of the West Africa climate on white men, who, it appears, must inevitably take either to drink or to native women. The subject is not one which lends itself to dainty dialogue, but Mr. Gordon exercises commendable restraint. Moreover, he proves conclusively that the proprieties are offended far less by calling a spade a spade than by hinting darkly of certain unnamed...