Word: shockely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...least temporarily-when Hua Kuo-feng was named Party Chairman and then moved decisively to purge Mao's widow Chiang Ch'ing and her radical "Gang of Four." But widespread protests against the radicals' purge have persisted in China (TIME, Jan. 10). Then came another mysterious shock. At ceremonies in Peking's T'ien An Men Square marking the first anniversary of the death of Premier Chou Enlai, there were wall posters calling for the return to office of Chou's discredited protege, ex-Vice Premier Teng Hsiao...
...shift away from the zealous Utopian socialism of its founders. No one, however, is ignoring the crimes and the accusations of crimes, which range from bribes of refrigerators and TV sets slipped to government workers to the outright theft of millions of dollars. Psychiatrist Hillel Klein argues that the shock of the scandals is particularly hard on a small nation like Israel, where public officials are so well known they are virtually members of the family...
Without Vice. Italy's banking community expressed shock last week at the arrest of Aloisi, who is widely known as un uomo senza vizi (a man without vice) and a financial wizard. Deputy chairman of one of Italy's largest banks, the elegant, British-tailored Aloisi runs several corporations, owns a racing stable and a famed Via Veneto watering place, the Caffe Doney...
...Genesco's Nashville headquarters. In a session that lasted more than ten hours, the board voted to strip Franklin Jarman of his executive responsibilities. Franklin, after a futile attempt to resist, voted philosophically for his own demotion; afterward, associates described him as being "in a state of shock." Who eventually may succeed him is impossible to guess now, but his temporary replacement, Blackie, has already earned at least a footnote in the company's history. He is the first Genesco chief executive ever whose name is not Jarman...
Flickering torchlights and wine forced between her lips .. . With a feeling of shock she found her thighs nudged apart .. . There was a stabbing shaft of agony. Her last thought, as she slipped into a state halfway between sleep and unconsciousness was, "And I don't even know his name...