Word: shockingly
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...government?” she said.Cidre learned that she had won the fellowship only six hours after her interview. She received the phone call while studying in Widener Library.“I couldn’t scream because they would have kicked me out, but I was in shock,” Cidre said. “I couldn’t even walk. My legs were shaking. I was about to cry.”Cidre is pre-med, but plans on using the year to self-reflect.“It’s exactly...
...celebrating. Far from it. They are suffering mightily from the same massive decline in auto sales that is killing Detroit. Moreover, the bankruptcy of one or more of the Big Three could create havoc among parts suppliers that sell to Japan's carmakers; job losses would send more shock waves through the U.S. economy, deepening the recession in what is by far the largest single market for Japanese cars. "What we're seeing is the 30-foot tsunami that not even Toyota can cope with," says Tatsuo Yoshida, executive director and senior analyst at UBS Securities Japan...
...Bordering on War The shock of the attacks and the slow agony of watching the three-day siege unfold on television immediately invited comparisons to the Sept. 11, 2001, acts of terror in New York City. "This is our 9/11," was the refrain heard from both Mumbai's citizens and other Indians. It wasn't long before someone followed that thinking to its logical conclusion: bomb Pakistan, just as the U.S. bombed Afghanistan. Simi Garewal, a former actress and talk-show host, said on a cable news show that "America gave out the right signals to the world that they...
...political fallout has made this tragedy look more like Hurricane Katrina - a shock that exposes a nation's structural weaknesses. The most obvious problems were the inability of the central and state governments to anticipate the terrorist attack and to respond adequately once it had begun. Home Minister Shivraj Patil, in charge of internal security at the central government, was the first to resign. He has been under intense criticism for months, the pressure mounting with each new bombing elsewhere in the country. There have been at least 10 major blasts over the past 18 months, the most recent...
...there.”Singh, who has spent the last five months in Mumbai and has made many friends during his stay, said that he is keeping perspective, but some of his friends are having a more difficult time coping. “A bunch of us are in shock,” he said.On strict orders from his mother, Singh flew to Delhi a few days later to be with his family. A WEDDING GOES ONKunal Raygor ’10 was in India during the terrorist attacks for his cousin’s wedding in Mumbai, supposed...