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...would dart around the office for a few hours every Saturday, invariably dressed as Spiderman. For us, Penny had superhero powers, too. She was warm, vivacious, intelligent, indispensible. She looked at life like she sometimes took her tea: with a squeeze of British lemon that gave us all a jolt. As a journalist, as a colleague, as a friend, Penny was all we ever could have asked...
...felt like a small community hospital when I got here," he says. "They were focused on outpatients. There was very little war-related treatment going on." In the summer of 2003, with staff reeling from the flood of patients following the U.S.-led invasion, the hospital received another jolt to its system: Colonel Rhonda Cornum. Her appointment as head of the hospital was a sharp break after 50 years of all-male leadership. Her combat credentials were impeccable, however. As a flight surgeon on attack missions during the 1991 Gulf War, Cornum's Black Hawk 214 was shot down over...
Millions may lack the dark, subversive appeal of Boyle’s previous films, and if you are looking for a similar jolt, it’s best to avoid it. It is, however, that rarest of film commodities, a heartfelt feel-good film whose sweetness is palatable even to the cynical...
...ironic that NBC's most original sitcom in years is a remake, but who cares? The Office is a daring, unflinching take on very American workplace tensions. And network TV needed this jolt like a cubicle jockey needs the morning's first cup of coffee. --By James Poniewozik
...making the best of their fates. So there are no chases through woods, no baying bloodhounds. Instead, the book takes on a cool, anthropological tone, inviting the reader to study these unusual creatures as if they were specimens in a jar - which makes it all the more of a jolt when you actually start to care about them. As with all Ishiguro's books, the main characters - a group of friends, led by Kathy H. and Tommy D. - remain outwardly calm, accepting their fates. Even when contemplating the grim end that being "special" has in store for them, they...