Word: shocking
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...most of us it came as a distinct shock to learn, a few days ago, that the Allied powers intended to allow the Sultan to remain in Constantinople, with a large part of his former power still untouched; and this news was not rendered the more acceptable when printed side by side with accounts of fresh massacres and outrages committed by the Sultan's subjects...
...Much of the talk which we hear and of the writings we read in regard to reconstruction is vague, and it is worthy of remark that the fundamental question is so seldom or so lightly referred to. By the shock of war our Government was obliged to confer under the war powers of the Constitution enormous authority upon the Executive, and thereby put the operation of the Government into an abnormal condition...
...such commissions and their tasks. But if one of the chief objects of such a League is to promote world peace, surely the Franco-German frontier is an important point for it to watch. And if the League can ease the tension here by acting as a sort of shock-absorber, protecting at the same time the property rights of France and the personal rights of the inhabitants, it will serve another interest no less important than peace, namely, the cause of justice. If the League is not ready for this test, it is certainly not ready to become...
...Well, isn't that interesting!" said the ogre. "Why didn't you walk right out? I'm sorry, but I never heard of you before." And now is Boston hung with crepe and all the emblems of mourning for the shock killed the well-preserved Princess. But even her death was forgotten, for no longer was there a hallowed obituary column wherein her lineage might be traced and her gestures of philanthropy recorded...