Word: shocks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...announcement came as a shock to reporters. "Does that include being drafted?" asked a newsman. "Including being drafted," said Scranton. And to prove that he meant to be as unshakable as William Tecumseh Sherman ("If nominated, I will not accept; if elected, I will not serve"), Scranton added, "I am not going to run for Congress this year-or ever. I am not going to run for the U.S. Senate in 1968-or ever. I am not going to run for the presidency in 1968-or ever...
...shock of her court-appointed lawyer, Louis Renga, who had not yet arrived at her probation hearing, Nancy accepted Judge Kearney's offer of sterilization-only to be dissuaded later by her family, her doctor and a local priest. When newspapers broke the story, more than 300 citizens offered to sign a petition declaring that sterilization is hardly a cure for Nancy's problems. Calling Judge Kearney's offer "cruel and unusual punishment," Lawyer Renga also pointed out that California law specifies "reasonable" conditions for probation toward the end that "rehabilitation will be served...
Thus Samuel Butler eased a case of culture shock he contracted on visiting the North American continent...
Yuri Vladimirov, with his unruly shock of hair and the untamed passion of his dancing, is reminiscent of Rudolf Nureyev. In The Flames of Paris last week, he burst across the stage with a round of incredibly high, twisting jumps, whirled whippet-quick through half a dozen spinning leaps in which his body seemed almost parallel to the stage, then snapped into a one-knee landing that left the audience gasping. Though the lyrical side of his artistry is still maturing, the solid, long-limbed Vladimirov exhibits an aerial freedom and heroic virility that few male dancers can match...
...Harvard Band will make a last effort to entice spring to Cambridge and ease the shock of finals at 3 p.m. Sunday on the steps of Memorial Church. It will be your last chance this semester to sit against blossoming trees in damp grass amid a fleet of baby carriages and just listen to music. You can meet all the pallid friends you haven't seen since October...