Word: shocks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...says a teacher, pointing to a quiet four-year-old in West Beirut's Islamic Orphanage. "He lost his parents in the Sabra and Shatila massacre two years ago. He's retarded, but we do not know if he was born that way or suffered some unfathomable shock during the killings." Ahmed sits, uncomprehending, his large brown eyes staring up at the visitors...
...almost a textbook example: fire-department paramedics at the scene of the accident immediately started cardiopulmonary resuscitation, fluids and drugs were given intravenously, and air was blown into his lungs repeatedly. At Louis A. Weiss Memorial Hospital, an emergency team labored over Jimmy for three hours. They used electric shock five times to restart his heart, put him on a respirator, and with heat lamps slowly warmed his body to 91° F in order to prevent further tissue damage...
...their journey north, Enrique and Rosa naively, but always intelligently, ride successive waves of shock and betrayal together. The strength of their dream propels them through daunting encounters with everything from tunnel rats to border patrols. In one hilarious scene, Enrique makes use of a friend's advice to pepper his speech with the word "fuck" in order to convince a pair of immigration officers that he is a Mexican...
...recent success does not seem to have made him any more flexible. In tough and uncompromising language, Assad described U.S. policy as totally at odds with reality and hostage of the pro-Israel lobby in America. His remarks, including his scathing comments about U.S. politicians and voters, may shock many Americans, but they aptly illustrate why the problems in the Middle East are so intractable. Excerpts...
...mind filled with memories of the day on which President Kennedy was assassinated and the sense of shock and sorrow that overcame the nation. Now the terrible blow had fallen again. On arrival at the White House, I learned that all the President's senior aides had rushed to the hospital. "Has the Vice President been informed?" I asked. The answer was no. Bush was airborne, flying from Dallas to Austin. I telephoned him on his plane and recommended he return to Washington at once. To Allen, I suggested that the Secretary of Defense, the Attorney General and the director...