Word: shock
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...Shock and awe has passed, but the struggle in Iraq is anything but over. The coalition decided to act militarily, the coalition defeated Saddam and now the coalition must rebuild Iraq. It must do so with patience, sensitivity and an unwavering determination to stay until the job is done properly. Only then can anyone deem Operation Iraqi Freedom a success...
...tide turned when Bergman closed out a dominant 6-4, 6-1 victory over Pirsu. The expedient demise of its formerly Ivy-unbeaten player at the hands of the supposedly struggling Bergman was a shock from which Penn never fully recovered...
...Arab psyche took a direct hit last week when American forces toppled Saddam's regime. Not since Israel's devastating defeat of its Arab neighbors in the 1967 Six-Day War has military action left the Middle East in such a state of alternating shock, shame, denial and depression. Crazy rumors, wishful thinking and conspiracy theories--Saddam and his sons committed suicide in a secret bunker so the West would never know if they were dead or alive--are running rampant. If Washington hoped the initial scenes of Iraqi jubilation over Saddam's fall would ameliorate Arab antipathy toward...
...Nicola Frew likes those odds. After being dragged to a game by her mother, she pocketed ?650. Now she plays three times a week. "I just enjoy the adrenaline," she says. "The rush you feel waiting for that one number." The game is strangely addictive. After the initial shock of seeing women four decades my senior with better hand-eye coordination than me, I fall into a hypnotic rhythm. Frenzy turns to fantasy as I diligently daub, picturing the apartment I will buy with my winnings. No luck, I'm still renting. The bingo stigma may have worn...
Pinker said Rhee’s apparent suicide came as a shock...