Word: astonished
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...pound guard named Cal Hubbard, slammed out a 16 to 7 victory over a Harvard team which was minus R. W. Turner and J. P. Crosby, both of whom had been inactivated by the language requirement. The number of one's classmates who were on pro would astonish today's undergraduate--950 entered as freshmen, but only 650 would be around to graduate. Coach Horween had a whole-team of ineligible men which he used to scrimmage the varsity...
...That the Communist press finds cause for rejoicing in [Salisbury's] reporting should astonish no one. What is considerbly less comprehensible, however is that one of the world's great newspapers should place so high a price on the privilege of maintaining a correspondent in Soviet Russia that it is content with [Salisbury...
...American method of treating visiting celebrities seemed to astonish Austria's Chancellor Leopold Figl, who, arriving at the White House, had to face still another crew of cameramen. Said he to his host: "When people come to the U.S., they think they are coming to a democracy, but it is a photocracy...
This is the quotation the President keeps on his desk: "Always do right. This will gratify some people, & astonish the rest. Truly yours. Mark Twain." In addition to the Golden Rule, to which he refers constantly, this seems to be the conscious basis of his policy...
Nevertheless, there was still plenty to astonish. Some designers-notably Balenciaga-showed dresses, including evening gowns, with split skirts worn over torea-dorlike pantaloons. For the hot-weather trade, Schiaparelli featured an evening dress with a transparent blouse under which only a black brassière was worn...