Word: shockely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...thus with a sense of urgency that many of the leading opponents of capital punishment assembled in Florida last week to stage a last-minute campaign for the hapless Spenkelink. Henry Schwarzschild of the American Civil Liberties Union warned of a "constitutional, legal and political disaster that will shock and appall the rest of the world." Former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, a late addition to Spenkelink's defense team, called the occasion "a tragic moment in American history" and gibed, "If you work at city hall you get voluntary manslaughter," a caustic reference to the lenient verdict against...
...long (6 ft. 2 in.), although when he was encountered in his Nantucket backyard he was crouching on a brick wall, pulling an anarchy of weeds from between the cracks and muttering at the lawn's first dandelions, the very embodiment of compulsive suburban man. He has a full shock of sandy gray hair, bushy eyebrows of a color that somebody with a window dresser's vocabulary once described as "ginger," and a face easefully lined, like the leather seats of an old Jaguar. Friends say that women tremble in his presence. E.P. Dutton Editor Tom Congdon describes an incident...
...situation comedy and appearing weekly, under the name Latka Gravas, on ABC's smash sitcom Taxi. But Latka fans who sought out Kaufman at his frequent unscheduled appearances at comedy clubs or who checked out his recent concert at Manhattan's Carnegie Hall got something of a shock. Lovable Latka is there all right, but reduced to supporting status; his cute malapropisms ("America is a tough town") are cut entirely; only his accent, and the loony-tune vocabulary, remain to reassure. The concert was like a childhood Saturday spent with the strange little boy down the block. Kaufman...
...theme chosen for the march, "No More Harrisburgs," was broad enough to umbrella the still nebulous philosophy of the movement. Said Organizer Massad: "Some groups want an immediate, total shutdown of all nuclear plants. Some prefer a phase-out to reduce the economic shock, and others want a moratorium until future health and hazard studies are done." The most notable political figure among the demonstrators-and among such familiar protest figures as Jane Fonda,Tom Hayden,Dick Gregory and Bella Abzug-was California's Governor Jerry Brown, who called for a moratorium on new plants but not a shutdown...
...wrenching crab in the boat's engine room had stopped two oars mid-stroke and left the boat powerless. The shell limped home in fifth place, sorely disappointed and near shock...