Word: shrug
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...drew gasps in the stately chambers of the federal courthouse in New York City, has triggered a frenzy among Mob watchers. One might think that the revelation of a love child belonging to a Mafia kingpin--four years after his death, no less--would inspire little more than a shrug. But this being John Gotti, obsessive subject of umpteen books, movies and tabloid tales, the mere existence of a hot scoop buried for so long is nothing short of miraculous. The peerlessly aggressive New York tabloids quickly ferreted out an attractive Staten Island mother of three comely daughters, the youngest...
...much of it. Where were the student protesters after the last Faculty Meeting? Where were the petitions? Sure, a group of Larry-lovers had some plans to stage a sit-in at the Faculty Club, but by and large, the whole affair has been met with one big collective shrug from the undergraduate population. It’s not that everyone’s happy he’s gone—far from it—but most undergrads don’t really know (or care about) the details. Perhaps this is because the great shakeup won?...
...wanted to challenge a culture that he said allowed students to shrug off “the difference between a gene and a chromosome.” Accordingly, he envisioned new science facilities and established cross-University programs such as the Broad Institute and the Harvard Stem Cell Institute...
...still no strong evidence of a resurgence of inflation, even though oil prices have more than doubled in two years. Tyson said the increase in global competition has led to an "amazing moderation of wages" in the U.S. and Europe. And Frenkel said the U.S. economy's ability to shrug off enormous oil-price rises "shows that it is capable of absorbing economic shocks to a much larger degree than what was typically assumed...
...overturning established patterns in the Middle East and demanding hurried improvisation in Washington. Last week's State of the Union speech by President George W. Bush was full of implicit reminders that the U.S cannot always bend elemental forces to its will. Even the mighty U.S. economy cannot simply shrug off a doubling of the price of oil in two years, especially since - as Bush said - oil is "often imported from unstable parts of the world." Bush may describe Iran as a "nation now held hostage by a small clerical élite," but the slow, multilateral diplomacy that has characterized...