Word: jolt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...collision seemed nothing more than a mild jolt. It felt, said Lady Cosmo Duff Gordon, "as though somebody had drawn a giant finger along the side of the ship." She started up in bed, but everything was quiet, so she lay back again. It was 11:40 p.m. Up in the first-class smoking room, where a group of young men were playing a last few rounds of cards, the grinding sound disturbed the game. Several of the players wandered out into the freezing night to take a look. "We hit an iceberg--there it is," somebody said...
...Pittsburgh strike could send a jolt of energy to other sluggish branches of the labor movement. If the strikers make some gains, and the company doesn't fold, others--especially in the growing service sector--will realize the importance of union organization. Rather than a resurgence of the labor movement, Pittsburgh and other recent strikes serve as tests for the future. Just about every worker sometime in his or her lifetime will have to confront an unfair management move, whether it be during an economic revovery or a recession. But whatever the time, workers can never hope to succeed...
America wanted the Army's crack Delta Force to kick the door in--to turn Beirut into an Entebbe-style victory for the whole nation. Seeing the blood-smeared bodies of the terrorists on the nightly news would have given us a nationwide jolt of exaltation. Imagine post Super Bowl euphoria in every city in the country, complete with chants of "Born in the U.S.A., bud" and high-fives in the streets...
...lightweight 6-in. shock stick is powered by a nine-volt rechargeable battery. When triggered while pressed against a person's body, it sends out 50,000 volts but, Nova claims, just .00006 of an amp, a tiny fraction of the amount that would give electricity a lethal jolt. A stun-gunned victim typically loses control of all voluntary muscles, drops and remains dazed and rubbery-legged for a few minutes...
...fresh resolutions, but last week China's government workers experienced an especially bracing change. Instead of the traditional two-hour lunch break, which usually allowed time for a nap, they were permitted only an hour off. Though the cutback had been announced in advance, it still proved a rude jolt. Workers who were accustomed to cycling home for lunch found themselves forced to eat near their jobs; since few offices have canteens, employees jammed into crowded restaurants cursed with slow service. Schoolteachers in Canton even asked their supervisors for a < return to the two-hour recess to give students enough...