Word: shockely
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...operation. As a result, he was in constant pain and developed an addiction to codeine. He refused to take other medication or eat properly. Hughes was a despotic, cranky patient who reduced his personal physicians to the status of mere valets. Three days before his death, he went into shock, probably due to a stroke. As his condition worsened, his aides became gravely worried and called Dr. Montemayor. "It is not easy to say whether they would have saved his life if they had acted immediately," he said later. But if Hughes had been given better medical care earlier, Montemayor...
What particularly struck China watchers was the depth of Peking's shock at the open, scrappy and in many ways anti-Maoist protest. The incident at T'ien An Men-and similar violent confrontations in the city of Chengchow-began as reactions to the removal of memorial wreaths to the late Premier Chou En-lai (see color opposite). It was clear that the disturbances went far beyond the narrow issue of respect for the late Premier. They were also expressions of support for the kind of consistent, moderate policies mapped out by Chou-and supported by Teng...
...anthropological fieldwork. When I returned to Cambridge early in 1974 I resumed my position as a resident tutor at the cooperative house on Sacramento Street. Like all returning field-workers who have been through a painful process of adaptation to another society, I suffered several weeks of reverse culture shock. I no longer seemed able to function properly in my own culture. For a short while, my expectations of what people were going to do next and of what they expected of me were subtly out of joint. My colleagues seemed foreign to me, and I ventured to Harvard Square...
...perfect start and nine strokes, Harvard was moving away from the highly-touted Cadet shell. This shock may have been too great for the young Crimson eight, some of whom were still convinced that their victory in San Diego two weeks ago over the best crews in the country was merely a fluke...
...with a device which was developed late in the War--a sort of belt which wraps around his genitalia. It is electronically attuned to his body smell. When he begins to lose, and starts secreting the smell of fear, the electronic "pod," situated in his testicles, is activated. The shock drives him into a state of mindless frenzy in which he has been known to bite off his opponents entire cheeks. Von Erich has lost very, very few matches...