Word: jolt
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...aftermath of John Paul's visit, Poland's military leaders would have to decide whether to jolt the country with another crackdown or take advantage of the good will generated by the Pope. To salvage his reputation in Moscow and among hard-liners at home, Jaruzelski needed to counter the Pontiff's bold words with stern action. To win Western support for Poland's listing economy, he would have to go even further in reaching out to the church and society. Jaruzelski could, of course, also choose to do nothing, as if the Pope had never...
...underestimated Martin Marietta's defenses. The company retaliated in Pac-Man fashion by gobbling up Bendix stock and enlisting the help of United Technologies. Sensing disaster, Bendix sold out to Allied to avoid a Marietta takeover. The drama finally ended in February, when Agee lost his job, a jolt cushioned by a "golden parachute" severance agreement worth $4.1 million. He is temporarily unemployed...
...same prices for all, the result will be a rate free-for-all that could make certain high-risk groups, like male teen-age drivers, uninsurable. Moreover, they contend that converting to unisex could cost the industry billions in added liabilities and administrative expenses. "The near-term jolt will shake the insurance and pension systems to their foundations," says Daniel McGinn, an official with the International Foundation of Employee Benefit Plans. "And the long-term impact could be disastrous...
...been cobbled together than it was upset by former Labor Prime Minister James Callaghan, who blasted the notion of unilateral nuclear disarmament. Polaris missiles, he declared, have "a life span of ten to twelve years as effective deterrents . . . and we should not give them up unilaterally." That sent a jolt through the party, and at week's end the continuing differences were so obvious that Foot was reluctant to answer questions on the issue...
...much epinephrine as their Type B classmates. The flow of blood to their muscles was three times as great, though there was no difference in their level of performance. "The Type A man is responding as though he were in an emergency or threatening situation," says Williams. The jolt of cortisol and epinephrine, he speculates, "could be causing more fat to be released into the blood, which may later be deposited around the heart...