Word: shock
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...others vent about everything: the Republicans' utter absence of a message, the Democrats' lethally effective get-out-the-vote effort. "They were unbelievable," one of the leaders said to Newt. "They kicked our ass on the ground." Gingrich was mostly quiet. He listened. "He was in a state of shock," says one participant. It was different an hour later during the "listen only" conference call with members. This time Newt talked a lot, but he made no sense. He blamed the election on the unions, on black turnout driven by scare-tactic radio ads, on the fact that the Senate...
...small as a dust particle could blast a hole nearly half an inch across in a solar panel or a layer of insulation. Equally threatening is the intense heat of impact, which would instantly vaporize the meteoroid and convert it to an ionized gas, or plasma, that would shock the spacecraft with an electrostatic charge. "If that charge got into some of your data circuitry," Riegler says, "it could wipe out data...
...STODGHILL II, TIME's midwest bureau chief, traveled last week from his Chicago base to Minnesota, where he met with Governor-elect and former pro wrestler Jesse Ventura. Stodghill interviewed Ventura two days after the election and discovered the unlikely victor still in a state of shock. "I don't think he's given much thought to what he'll do next," says Stodghill. "But it will be a thrilling experiment to watch--to see a year from now what compromises he'll need to make to be an effective leader." Stodghill, who came to TIME last year from Business...
...shock," she said. "He wasprobably one of the most popular figures in ourcollege...
...suffering will never lose its shock," Bailey said. "It was disturbing to see even after the war how the Jews were treated...