Word: shock
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...mines under Detroit, some of the men say. Others speak of secret markings on highway signs meant to guide conquering armies. The men's voices subside as "General" Norman Olson, a Baptist minister, gun-shop owner and militia leader, enters the tent. He tells the men they are the shock troops of a movement that's sweeping America, that the "end times" are coming, and civil wars are two years away. "People think we are the ones who bring fear because we have guns," Olson says. "But we are really an expression of fear...
Perhaps there should have been no shock. Long before last week's meeting in Budapest of the 53-nation Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe, there had been abundant warnings that U.S.-Russian relations were turning sour. Russian officials had tried unsuccessfully to get the U.S.-designed embargo on Iraq's oil sales lifted and had resurrected Moscow's veto in the U.N. Security Council to block an American-backed resolution on Bosnia...
When the FBI, state and local authorities executed the search warrant at his home Wednesday, Womack "expressed shock and dismay," according to Rooney...
Students were reported to be in shock at the news. North House tutor Dexter Callender told The Crimson that he spoke to several students who were still noticeably distraught over the name change. Rumors earlier in the week prompted the formation of a "Save North" movement, but in the end, the traditionalists conceded: "We're upset but resolved. We know we can't fight the University...
That was two weeks ago. Rumors swirled that she was in prolonged post- electoral shock, that she didn't understand November's results, that she was in denial, that she was rethinking her role as First Lady. But there was no self-doubt in the Hillary Clinton who charged back onto the political radar screen in a four-day media blitz last week. Though there were subtle signs of an effort to retool her image, she came across as cheerful, confident and as proudly unapologetic about her role as ever. The Republicans? Let her at 'em. She told a sympathetic...