Word: shock
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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John Dean also took pains to present the right image to the country. He toned down his shock of blond hair and purchased a pair of horn-rimmed glasses to replace his modish unrimmed pair. All this so he could look the part of a responsible, sincere young...
...Bouchikis got off the bus, a car approached. Out jumped a pair of men armed with silencer-equipped .22-cal. pistols. "No!" shouted Bouchiki. Without uttering a word, each gunman fired six shots. The Arab died before an ambulance arrived. His seven-month-pregnant wife collapsed in shock on the street...
...advance access to Nixon's text and to a White House background briefing by Treasury Secretary Charles Shultz, who put the price freeze in perspective by comparing it to "shock treatment." Those who watched the President on CBS were spared such explication. The network went straight back to Sonny and Cher. Instant analysis annoys the White House when correspondents challenge presidential dicta. In this case, however, CBS simply ignored the Administration's own background information-a service to neither the President nor the public...
...rest of the industry, the mere mention of a record executive's name in connection with a drug indictment touched off shock waves. Indicative of industry jitters was the reaction...
...point blank, and the Athletic Department has carefully cultivated a tradition for easing its athletic mentors out of the picture quietly when they are no longer wanted. So Harvard's sudden decision to relieve Harrison of his duties as ring master of the Crimson program came as quite a shock...