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...neither Vaughn nor anyone else was physically hurt. But things get a little hazy after that. When the case went to trial, state police testified that Vaughn had failed several sobriety tests, stumbling over the alphabet and weaving as he walked. His defense attorney argued that Vaughn was in shock from the collision as well as under the influence of medication and the pain of his sore knee...
Despite being a huge underdog, the Crimson isnot discouraged. The entire team still believesthat it can shock the basketball world and pulloff what would rank as one of the greatest upsetsin Tournament history...
Living in the bubble that is Harvard Yard, I had forgotten that there was a real world where real things (like rape) happen. The Elster case was a shock, but it can easily be classified as an isolated event. With the exception of the ad-hoc committee that formed to foster greater awareness of rape on campus, all the excitement died down shortly after the case broke. Life has gone on--and not necessarily with any greater sense of awareness...
...York City was turning into an international culture, which would make it a natural haven for artists and intellectuals displaced by Nazism in the '30s--whose presence, in turn, would help make the city into Modernism's center of gravity in the '50s. New York was the world's "shock city," and would remain so for decades to come--not least because it harbored such cultural variety. Another sign of this was the Harlem Renaissance, permeated by America's greatest indigenous American musical forms, jazz and the blues...
...agenda; it's the shortfall of charismatic leaders. Last week, just as NEWT GINGRICH was signaling that he'll step down in mid-1999 to run for President, the party's rising star, BILL PAXON, announced that he was quitting electoral politics entirely. The move came as a shock both to his admirers and detractors, of which there were many, because of his efforts to overthrow Gingrich last year...