Word: shock
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last Friday, in an extraordinary pre-emptive strike against a possible surge of inflation, Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan declared that the central bank had raised short-term rates that very day. Although Greenspan had warned earlier in the week that an increase was likely, the news sent shock waves through Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average plunged 96.24 points to close Friday at 3871.42 for the sharpest sell-off since...
...Shock turned to downright fear in the second and third games, however...
...cinema's most striking scenes, Laura comes back to life. Well, sort of. Mark had fallen asleep staring at Laura's portrait, and wakes up to find Laura entering the apartment. The look on his face is one of absolutely sublime confusion. Andrews' face registers shock, amazement, and hesitant bliss' he isn't sure whether he is dreaming, or whether Laura has indeed risen from the dead...
Toleration implies self-restraint in the presence of someone you find hard to tolerate--i.e. someone you think deserves harm, hurt, damnation, etc. To the shock of the politically correct, this means that most racists, anti-Semites, and homophobes--the civil, law-abiding ones--are perfectly tolerant people...
...fifth of all violent crime is committed by kids younger than 18. While nearly all states are moving to try more juvenile offenders as adults, 30 states and the Federal Government are also experimenting with boot camps in which juvenile offenders are subjected to a military-style "shock incarceration" program of three to six months. Offered to first-term nonviolent offenders as an alternative to jail, the programs feature military drills and hard labor. Some also include substance-abuse treatment and training that ranges from how to take a shower to how to persuade a prospective employer to hire...