Word: shockingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...from Spanish writer and director Julio Medem, should come with some sort of a warning label. For those of us humanities majors who thought that after passing the QRR we would never have to take another math class again, Medem's romantic saga can come as something of a shock. Who would have thought that all those old logical tools left behind in high school calculus class would come back to haunt us in a movie theater...
...shooting in Littleton, Colo. last week was a shock to the hearts and minds of people across America. Our hearts are with the people and students of Littleton. The eighth fatal school shooting in 18 months, it has brought the issues of violence and mental health among teenagers to the forefront as never before...
...prepared to give the attention due a dealmaker bringing his can-do attitude to social problems. Remember the appeal of Ross Perot's tinkering under the hood of government? "You get mediocrity in a monopoly when the worst teacher is treated like the best," says Forstmann. "Introducing competition will shock the education establishment and make parents more responsible. It will weed out the bad schools in favor of the good ones...
...actors, unfortunately, don't do much better. Paul Dobie, as the incestuous Uncle Ernie, displays genuine vocal talent, but the new staging--or lack thereof--of "Fiddle About," in which he molests Tommy, features none of the tasteful (yes, you read that right) shock value that the original production bears and instead leaves the audience squirming uncomfortably in their seats. Virginia Woodruff (the Gypsy Queen) shows strong potential, but poor blocking and choreography prevent her from shining the way her solo "Acid Queen" could. Christopher Monteleone (Captain Walker) displays little-to-no chemistry with his shrill melodramatic wife (played...
...about one of his blockmates that he couldn't wait to blab. The tale revolves around another perennial pre-frosh dilemma: the guest bathing. "She was getting out of the shower--naked--when her host's boyfriend walked into the bathroom. l guess he just stared at her in shock for like five seconds...