Word: shock
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...said he disagrees with those who have called the economic reforms proposed by Prime Minister Yegor Gaider "shock therapy...
...General Education Program, whose philosophywas laid out in a text nicknamed the Redbook, wasinfluenced by the shock of World War II andstressed the importance of learning "the conceptof free government...
...such coherence or vision applies to the new Russian economy. Since Boris Yeltsin began shock treatment last January, the result has been a bundle of contradictions. In the industrial city of Rostov, the mammoth Rostselmash factory still makes grain harvesters that no one wants. The clunkers lose up to 15% of the grain as they pound rich topsoil into brick-hard earth. Yet Yeltsin visited the plant last summer and personally guaranteed tens of millions of rubles in state credits to keep the communist relic afloat...
Tommy's sudden closing came as a shock to many faithful customers. Said Ellen O. Carr '94, "It's taken out a whole chunk of my life and forced me to think of other places to go." Carr, who often bought coffee ("the cheapest thing there") said that she could go to Cafe Pamplona, "but it's just not the same...
...Things like that really shock you," saysKadomatsu...