Word: shaken
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...Although Rice's testimony produced no bombshells, there were plenty exploding in Iraq even as she spoke. The uprising among both Sunni and Shiite Iraqis that has shaken Coalition forces there and thrown U.S. transition plans into crisis may be a more immediate concern on the minds of the American electorate than the increasingly partisan post-mortem over 9/11...
...Even if the Biblical account of the trial and execution of Jesus is “symbolic or figurative” rather than historically accurate, the teachings attributed to this great religious figure will continue to inspire many. But for others who claim historical accuracy, their faith may be shaken. For centuries, claims of scientific truth lay at the center of some religions—the geocentric theory, the flatness of the earth and so on. When these were proved false, religion adapted and declared itself to be a matter of faith, not science. It will be more difficult...
...forces that shaped each generation. While boomer women sought career opportunities that were unavailable to their mostly stay-at-home moms, Gen Xers were the latchkey kids and the children of divorce. Also, their careers have bumped along in a roller-coaster, boom-bust economy that may have shaken their faith in finding reliable satisfaction at work...
...normally rational individuals. Director Aoife E. Spillane-Hinks ’06 orchestrates the catharsis, encouraging her cast to relax and “let out their bellies.” The ceremony finally ends with a “shakedown,” where limbs are spastically shaken one by one as everyone counts down to zero...
...town plumber whose most ambitious plans involve buying a new pick-up. As Handy’s long-suffering girlfriend of six years, Sally, Maura Tierney does a great impression of Patricia Heaton, Romano’s similarly impatient TV wife. Mooseport and Handy’s relationship are shaken up by the tumultuous arrival of the recently retired U.S. president, a Clinton-hating, Yale-loving jerk named Monroe “Eagle” Cole (Gene Hackman). Through a series of mind-numbing mix-ups (the less said, the better), Handy and the ex-president end up running against...