Word: shocker
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Harvard rattled off seven more victories after its season-opening shocker to start the year on an eight-game winning streak before finally falling, 10-17, to Penn...
...which you don't know the answer. Diplomats generally operate on the same basis. So when the Bush Administration presented evidence to North Korean leaders on Oct. 3 that their country was developing nuclear weapons, it expected the regime to lie about it. A day later came the shocker. Yes, we've been secretly working to produce nukes, a top aide to "Dear Leader" Kim Jong Il told astonished U.S. envoy James Kelly. And, he added, we've got "more powerful" weapons--presumably meaning biological and chemical agents--to boot. He was not apologetic at all, says a U.S. official...
...la”s off Blur’s “Charmless Man” and Redman’s charming lyrics like “Full of whiskey/ Looking for Lewinsky/ So I can get head.” Ever-captivating spastic Busta Rhymes joins Silkk the Shocker and a catchy bass riff courtesy of the Dub Pistols on “The One.” Groove Aramada delivers a silent nod to the Beastie Boys’ “Flute Loop” with their woodwind sample on “Gangsta Queens...
...half expected close-ups or an outburst from an aggrieved Hasty Pudding-ite in four-inch heels. Where was the bad theme music? Judge Ito? The white Explorer? The New York Post headline? But there were no such unseemly antics in yesterday’s episode of Harvard shocker: just two quiet and decorous “not guilty” pleas. From my vantage point in the second row on the left, when they rose to face the music, the dramatic duo barely exchanged glances. They may not be friends anymore, but in at least one sphere, they...
...ALAN GREENSPAN GETS IT In a shocker, the Federal Reserve chief cut short-term interest rates by a half-point last Wednesday, in effect acknowledging what investors have long sensed: the economy is more vulnerable than many think. The cut, which came between Fed meetings, signals that Greenspan will be aggressive in engineering a recovery. That's why long-term interest rates have been rising. The bond market is anticipating heightened credit demand in the coming expansion...