Word: shock
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...vote for Clinton. I interjected that I was a registered Republican. Nobody paid much attention since national polls indicated that many Republicans, particularly women, were planning to vote for Clinton. The discussion prepared to move forward. I interrupted to explain that I planned to cast my vote for Dole. Shock froze several people. A minute before I had seemed so normal; I had been one of them. Now I was different. The incident quickly faded, but for me, it has been a piece of the puzzle of my Republican experience...
...premise is custom-made to shock: five people take their pleasure by making love in the twisted wrecks of cars. Not simple thrill seekers, these folks have turned their kink into a cult, elevated making out in the backseat to sadomasochistic levels, converted rubbernecking into a black art. They preach "the reshaping of the human body by modern technology." Their grail is James Dean's Porsche Spyder 550; their relics are photos of Jayne Mansfield's fatal collision. Kinda creepy...
...wound..." the novel begins, and the despairing tone grows ever more hopeless from there. Later in the chapter, a grieving Richard sorts through James' belongings and discovers a letter that leads him to believe that his wife Sarah had an affair with James. Unable to confront his own shock, let alone Sarah, Richard becomes more and more detached from his family...
...COVERED BY ANY H.M.O. Snake oil salesmen, beware. The Museum of Questionable Medical Devices in Minneapolis features 200 years of scientific chicanery, including a male "corset'' that generated a small shock to enhance the wearer's love life and the Nemectron, right, a gadget that supposedly overcame age's ravages, cured acne and lifted fallen arches...
...VATICAN The church condemns ads that shock, titillate and tempt--but will Calvin Klein listen...