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According to the author, everyone enjoyed the pursuit and "no scuttler was ever reported to the front office. Au contraire, the girls wore their prettiest panties to work . . . Alas, I was never scuttled." Brown professed shock that modern girls would disagree with her notions of what constitutes a playful professional pastime...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Social Issues: Behind The Times | 11/11/1991 | See Source »

...Harvard community reacted yesterday with shock and sadness to basketball star Magic Johnson's announcement on Wednesday that he had tested positive for the AIDS virus HIV, and would retire from professional basketball...

Author: By Yea-lan Chiang, | Title: Students Shocked By Magic's Exit From Basketball | 11/9/1991 | See Source »

Some students interviewed said that after the initial shock of learning they would not be able to attend the dance, they began put their disappointment into perspective...

Author: By Karen E. Thomas, | Title: Citystep Ball Is a Hot Ticket | 11/8/1991 | See Source »

...Dallas woman calling herself "C.J." sent a shock wave through the city last August when her letter appeared in Ebony magazine and described a meticulous campaign to infect men with the AIDS virus as revenge for having contracted the disease herself...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AIDS: Spreading Fear, Not Disease: Spreading Fear, Not Disease | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

...Doesn't the shock of public humiliation affect these folks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Interview: STEVEN BERGLAS | 11/4/1991 | See Source »

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