Word: shock
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...shot by discounting a basket of popular toys several weeks earlier than in past years. "We're going to be the low-price leader, and that will include holiday toys," declares Wal-Mart spokeswoman Karen Burk. To its rivals, the depth of its price cuts has come as a shock. The company put the popular Hokey Pokey Elmo on sale at $19.46, 30% less than the list price and reportedly below even the wholesale cost. "Did it catch us by surprise? Yeah," Eyler admits. Still, he adds, since early November "we've been price competitive." That's good news...
...fans gasped with shock; their mouths fell open...
...patiently kept his mouth shut and waited for his opportunity, and now he’s our No. 1 centerman and he’s producing,” Mazzoleni said. “Is it a shock...
...allegations 10 years ago--the criminal case was dismissed when the accuser refused to testify after settling a civil suit in which the family was reportedly paid $20 million--and rumors of infantile predation have hounded him since. The first time a star makes horrific headlines, the reaction is shock. The second time, it may be chagrin. The third time, it should be just a sigh...
...twin bombings took the lives of at least 32 people, almost all Turkish citizens, and wounded more than 450. That was shock enough for the country, but the attacks came on the heels of similarly synchronized blasts just five days earlier at Istanbul's two main synagogues, assaults that had killed 25 and injured more than 300, also mostly Turks. Said Semih Idiz, a veteran columnist for the Aksam newspaper: "It's our 9/11...