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Friends and high school teachers expressed shock at the possibility that she may have stolen the money, citing her responsibility and institutional loyalty...
Thomas says she's been burping--loudly and fiercely, not quietly and subtly as Miss Manners suggests--since she was eight, when her older brother taught her how. She has continued to do it for the shock value. "I find it really fascinating that people are so surprised [when I burp,] mostly because I'm a girl," Thomas says. "I get comments like, 'women and girls don't do that.'" She loves to sit in a group of men and release a huge burp. People usually turn around and blame the men. It really amuses her. Not that she doesn...
Rudenstine says he now feels he has "gotten through" the entry shock and will be able to continue the relaxed schedule he has kept since his leave...
...appointment of Judith H. Kidd as assistant dean for public service comes as a shock and a rebuff to students involved with public service at the College.... The decision rejects the opinions of some of the most knowledgeable people on campus in the field of public service--the student and non-student directors of Phillips Brooks House Association, Inc. (PBHA).... [Kidd] is a vice president of Boston's City Year program who has never led an organization similar to PBHA.... We believe PBHA must seize this opportunity to begin raising funds for its eventual withdrawal from University financial support...
Opposition politicians in Nigeria, expressing shock at the killings, suggested the government may have played a role in the shootings...