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"The prime minister was taken aback. She decided to snub these moves and hasten the passage of the amendment bill in the parliament," writes Prof Raghavan.

“I’ve been taken aback by the problems that exist and how little has been done.”

But among those who were taken aback by the announcement was Lt.

"The response was just so warm. I was quite taken aback by it," says Archer.

Sir David remembers his first scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef way back in 1957: "I was so taken aback by the spectacle before me I forgot – momentarily – to breathe."