But Mei said she was startled to find out she was apparently a target because she is not a journalist anymore.

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Kaitlyn Fonzi, a 20-year-old biology student who lived in the apartment directly below, said she was startled by loud music as she was preparing to go to sleep.

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Now, says Miss Gaudiani, she is startled to see the effect of the college's involvement.

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Her sister-in-law, Maret, said she was startled by the transformation.

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When the trunk was opened he leapt out and tagged Mr. Tombari, whose wife was so startled she fell backward off the curb and tore a ligament in her knee.

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She had been sitting very still, like a startled doe, as if stillness might enable her to remain unscrutinized.

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Finally on this topic, listener Kirsten Zoflow(ph) - she's from Newtown, Pennsylvania - was startled to hear the music that we chose at the end of the debate story.

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The woman, startled, in turn tells another shopper that she has an appointment with him a few hours later in Samarra.

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While she was holding a lead rope and hay bag, something startled him and he bolted, the inquest heard.

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But, when startled out of her slumber by a call after midnight and asked for the pronunciation, she punted.

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