Word: shocks
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Havana, as usual, acting as Moscow's surrogate. Says a U.S. official: "There is a great concern that America and its ideological values are in retreat. If the Cubans were to lure the little island countries of the eastern Caribbean into their sphere of influence, it would send shock waves throughout Central America all the way to Cape Horn...
Abortion. The Pope's sermon on the Washington Mall sent shock waves through America's politically powerful Pro-Choice movement, which espouses total freedom to abort. But even among relatively liberal Catholics there is negligible backing for abortion on demand. In fact, no front-rank Protestant, Eastern Orthodox, Jewish or Muslim theologian has yet developed a serious argument for totally open abortion, though most countenance abortion in extreme cases, such as when the mother's life is threatened...
...unless a lot is lost in translation, Abe's new novel is closer to outright farce: the crudeness and grotesqueness of its images entirely alienate the reader. Apart from the initial shock of meeting Abe's characters, there is little else besides some black humor; the reader is left stunned, unable to identify with the narrator or to place the story in a familiar or meaningful perspective. Secret Rendezvous leaves the reader provoked, but unmoved, and while he must respect the profundity of Abe's vision, the novel does not convince him to share...
...course, Time After Time milks to the utmost Wells' reaction to the marvels of modern technology--planes, cars, and see-through jeans. But the well-constructed script doesn't overdo his future shock: after several funny incidents, Meyer shifts into the love story. From there, tension builds up again, as the Ripper resumes his old slice-and-dice tricks, but the laughs periodically resurface as Wells does battle with telephones and electric toothbrushes...
...direct current line is the safest, and along the alternating current line that the alternating current line is the safest," says Crocker. Meanwhile, says Gloria Woida, a dairy farmer in GASP, "The companies came out and told us to put grounding wires on our tractors and equipment to prohibit shock and other side effects." Cows have died from shock and crop yield is down in the Four Corners area, where high-voltage power lines are even lower in voltage than those going up in Minnesota...