Word: shockingly
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...achieved all that with two qualities: courage and conviction. Conviction led him to initiate economic shock therapy to pull the U.S. out of the stagflation of the 1970s. Courage allowed him not to flinch when his radical economic policies (and those of a merciless Federal Reserve) initially caused the worst recession since the Great Depression - and during a congressional election year (1982) to boot...
...fact that a Hong Kong movie could shock the smart-money people by being shut out proved that Asian film has not simply arrived at the world's largest and most prestigious movie bash; it has conquered. The Asian Invasion of world cinema is complete. Now comes the occupation...
...continued to go forward about 10 more yards. He tripped over a tank obstacle, and as he fell, his body made a complete turn, and he lay sprawled on the damp sand with his head facing the Germans, his face looking skyward. He seemed to be suffering from shock and was yelling, "Mother, Mom," as he kept rolling around on the sand...
...Michael Moore was prowling the Riviera, and this time the game he aimed at was George W. Bush. Bull's-eye! His Fahrenheit 9/11 captured Cannes's highest prize, the Palme d'Or, from a jury headed by Quentin Tarantino. "What have you done?" the winner asked in benign shock. "You just did this to mess with...
...thought the articles were actually really good. Very pertinent to what people want to read. I didn’t think it was too risque,” she said. “The shock factor was a lot less than I expected...