Word: shocking
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Weak from the shock, Operator Vivian had his burned hands bandaged, went home...
Houdaille Hershey Corp. (shock absorbers, bumpers and other motoring accessories. Biggest customer, Ford): $2,999,000 (11 months) as against $2,230,000 (full year...
...taken ill in the middle of the night and been obliged to reel to the nearest public phone to call a doctor, no further argument is necessary. Then the University, with its usual business acumen and perspicacity, charges for ordinary calls in these buildings on a time basis. The shock of this discovery which comes with the first phone bill is nearly as great to the nervous system as to the bank account...
...appearance he is handsome, in manner friendly, affable. Above broad shoulders, he carries high a well-shaped head with a shock of white hair combed back into a pompadour. Smooth-shaven, his Roman features have been burned dark by Iowa sunshine. A quick engaging smile reveals gleaming white teeth. Not at all the hayseed type of legislator, he wears conservatively cut grey sack suits, feels no embarrassment in cutaway and silk...
...voice and could hardly breathe. Suspicious of him at first, the Whistlers soon made him one of them, and were overjoyed when the time came for his operation and the insertion of the silver tube. But the doctor did not operate, instead gave Fürlein an electric shock which cured him. When he came apologetically to say goodbye to the Whistlers, their congratulations were forced; they never afterward spoke of him. The Bavarian died, very slowly. The Prussian died quickly, during an operation. The Westphalian boy and the Englishman were healed; by the time the Englishman was exchanged they...