Word: shaken
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...Questions arose. If Svetlana hadn't fallen on the vault, would she have made the error on the bars? "She was obviously handicapped on the vault," said U.S. team coordinator Bela Karolyi. "That's what started her downfall because when your confidence is shaken, you are open to another mistake." Added Russian team official Valeri Dianov: "She was emotionally depressed after that. We expected her to be Olympic champion. This is the worst performance the Russian team has ever had at the Olympics." Knowing she'd need an impossibly high score to take even a bronze medal, Svetlana chose...
...prodigal. He struck out on his own, becoming a critical hit with Sex and the City, which classed up the Spelling formula: lusty stories of beautiful people--this time with brains. Now, in true soap-opera fashion, he has returned with a new series (cue ominous music) that has shaken the Spelling empire to its very foundations...
FATF was not the first group to home in on Liechtenstein's peccadillos. Last May the nation of 32,000 people was shaken to learn that Austrian police called in by the government had detained four men on suspicion of fraud, misuse of funds and money laundering. The four, who were subsequently released from jail uncharged, included Gabriel Marxer, a legislator in the 25-member parliament, and Rudolf Ritter, brother of Deputy Prime Minister Michael Ritter. Legislators agreed to lift Marxer's parliamentary immunity to allow him to be detained. In a separate action, police searched and carted away documents...
...flurry to pull so many books? There's no clear-cut cause, but some psychologists speculate the rising incidence of parental concern could have to do with the success and ubiquity of the Internet. Shaken by recent school violence and charges against violent Hollywood films, parents are becoming ever more aware of the web sites, commercials and movies influencing their kids - a rising consciousness that, paired with fear, can translate easily into hypersensitivity and, in the worst cases, censorship...
...cigarette boat. But these gestures were always a quid pro quo. If you were not "loyal to all Bushes" after that, you fell off the list for interviews, horseshoes and movies in the family quarters. The next time you held out your hand, it might not be shaken. Junior, like his mom, blamed the media for his father's '92 loss...