Word: aghast
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...this time, hundreds of reporters from as far away as Britain and Japan had rushed to Three Mile Island. Said a genuinely startled Creitz: "We're simply aghast at the number of people we've had to deal with." The visitors found the residents, as well as workers at the plant, surprisingly calm. "There was an accident, not a disaster," insisted William Metzger, a maintenance man on Three Mile Island. "I'm not afraid. I think these plants are safe." Asked Co-Worker William Wilsbach: "Do you think I'd work here if I thought it was dangerous?" In Harrisburg...
...goal at the Yale Bowl in '75, a three-pointer which gave Harvard its first, last and only undisputed Ivy football title, seems the final link to a different age, one that never would have permitted Crimson losses to Columbia and Cornell within a month and would have been aghast at the thought that even a victory this afternoon can produce at best a fourth-place finish in the league...
...stood there aghast, a loudmouthed woman with a reporter's notebook shoved me out of the way, and buzzard-like, bore down on her prey. "what is the name of this group in Ireland? Are you working with them? How can they hope to change anything...
...work with her orchestrator. Hairdresser John Bettiol works over her for hours, striving for that perfect balance between wholesomeness and sophistication. He coaxes Christine's permed frizz into a Cosmo-mane of curls, daubing her face with goo and powder. Sneaking a peek in the mirror, she is aghast. Her mouth is caked in red sludge. "It should have blood dripping from it," she jokes. The photographer is unimpressed. What Christine hates most is the fake eyelashes...
...Running like a blocking back, Rose has broken up more double plays?and infielder's pride?than any other man playing baseball today. During the 1970 All-Star game, a bone-crunching collision at home plate left Cleveland Catcher Ray Fosse sitting stunned in the dust and television viewers aghast. In 1973 Rose had a wrestling match with Mets Shortstop Bud Harrelson that left New York shrieking for his blood. Fans in rival cities pelted him with debris and jeered his every move...