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...then demise of the Harvard game on both ends on the court in the middle 20 minutes of the game was a complete shock to all who watched...
Southerners especially must adapt to a different way of life and different societal norms. For some students, the gulf between Northern and Southern life causes culture shock...
...break the ice. In 1992, not only would no one bring up gaydar, but also the subject of gays in the military was not nearly the preoccupation it is this time. It's one reason President Clinton's initiative to change the policy came as such a shock and then failed, resulting in the "Don't ask, don't tell" compromise...
...Glocks-up review amuses Chase, a Mob-movie buff from childhood, but it doesn't shock him. "I knew that contemporary wiseguys were very much influenced by the Godfather films and watched them continuously," he notes. "That becomes kind of a strange loop." Thus, in the show, Silvio Dante (Steven Van Zandt) cracks up his Mob buddies with an Al Pacino impersonation from the maligned Godfather III ("Just when I thought I was out--they pull me back in!"), while family chief Tony Soprano (James Gandolfini) expresses a preference for The Godfather II over the original. What characters, indeed. Like...
...example, Schama notes how Balaam's eyes differ from previous depictions in other portraits. In the story from the book of Numbers, Balaam's donkey sees an angel and goes berserk. Previous painters, following the Dutch master van Mander's advice, had illuminated Balaam's eyes with shock, but Rembrandt is far more restrained...