Word: aghast
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...Prince Charles, Osborne went on to ask: "Is no one aghast at the thought of a lifetime of reading about that first day at prep school, the measles, the first dance, the wedding, and finally the beauty of the ceremonial...
...Aghast." Even if they grow blasé or hostile toward Van Doren as an unbeatable contestant, it is difficult to imagine viewers tiring of the fascinating, suspense-taut spectacle of his highly trained mind at work. Breathing heavily, Charlie coaxes elusive answers out of odd corners of his brains by talking to himself, muttering little associated fragments of knowledge. Like a boxer staying down for a count of nine, he takes all the time he can possibly get ("Let's skip that part, please, and come back to it"). When trying to identify the character in La Traviata...
...that Van Doren's quiz wizardry flies ironically in the face of what the college and Charlie himself stand for. So does Philosopher Mortimer J. (How To Read a Book) Adler, a longtime friend, who admits "my own low fascination with the show" but adds: "I'm aghast that anyone would have this kind of information in his head. I wouldn't be caught dead with it. I just can't believe it isn't a mental burden."* Others, including faculty members at St. John's itself, point out that Van Doren...
When the Six Senators of the Democratic Apocalypse first announced their intention of carrying out the Democratic platform come hell or high water, there was initially much confusion and consternation in the ranks. The idealists were overjoyed. But the practical party-liners were aghast at the prospect of utter destruction of Democratic unity on essential bills in the Senate. The latest move of the liberal Democrats, however, in forming a twenty-star Committee outside the House should be both idealistic and practical enough to satisfy both sides...
...STAND AGHAST AT THE FAILURE OF U.N. TO ACT IMMEDIATELY TO SAVE THE HUNGARIAN PEOPLE FROM SOVIET REPRISALS. THE EVENTS IN HUNGARY HAVE SHATTERED ALL COMMUNIST INFLUENCE IN EUROPE. FIRM INITIATIVE BY THE U.S. CAN STRENGTHEN DEMOCRATIC FORCES EVERYWHERE. WE HAVE CABLED PRESIDENT EISENHOWER A MESSAGE URGING HIM TO SPEAK OUT, TO USE THIS MORAL AUTHORITY TO OBTAIN IMMEDIATE U.N. ACTION, TO BROADCAST IN HIS VOICE A WARNING AGAINST REPRISALS. THE INFLUENTIAL U.S. PRESS MUST URGE SIMILAR ACTIONS BY EISENHOWER. THE HUNGARIAN STUDENTS, WORKERS AND WRITERS HAVE GIVEN THE WORLD A LESSON IN SIMPLE COURAGE THAT SHAMES ALL INACTION...