Word: shock
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mintoff is using the shock treatment," said a Western diplomat after a visit to Malta last week. "He believes his people have to be kicked out of their dreamy complacency and lethargy. He also believes the British must be shocked into yielding to his demands...
Hysterical spectators either rushed to see what was happening or fled in fear of more gunfire. There were confused shouts of "They got Joe! Joe's dead!" As word that the assailant was black rippled through the crowd, shock gave way to anger. Several blacks were roughed up. One, a musician who had been hired to entertain later in the day, was beaten by five or six men as onlookers shouted, "Kill him! Kill...
Despite the shock, the very announcement of the cosmonauts' deaths pointedly emphasized their contributions to man's knowledge. And it promised a continuation of Russian efforts in space. Said the official Communist Party newspaper, Pravda: "We know that after this grievous loss, the difficult and dangerous struggle against nature will be continued with the same firmness and consistency. The Soviet people are used to struggle and do not retreat in the face of obstacles...
...Future Shock, Toffler...
...apparent contradiction in terms: an austere and ritualized church coupled with a movement characterized in its early years by unleashed emotionalism?eye-rolling ecstasies, shouting, jumping, even rolling on the floor. Classic Pentecostalism has since toned down markedly, but it can still put even an unwary Catholic into theological shock. Jerry Harvey, who helped start the growing Catholic Pentecostal group...