Word: shocks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...wonder that Limonov, who left Russia for the West in 1974, would notice such a distinction between cultures--for him, life is one big problem. It's Me, Eddie, Limonov's "fictional memoir" of a debauched, desperate Russian poet on welfare in New York City, was designed to shock the emigre community when it first appeared in 1974. Just translated into English, the book aims its bitter criticism at all the things that made Limonov's life miserable--that is, anything that can be cursed or sexually degraded. Naturally, his adopted homeland comes in for more than its fair share...
...shock and disappointment after another. If our elected representatives in Washington are not raising their pay in devious ways, they are involved in sordid sexual adventures. Now we learn that they are living the life Riley never aspired to, traveling the world over at the taxpayers' expense [Sept. 5], with no legitimate end in view. Is it any wonder that Senators and Congressmen are viewed by the U.S. public as less trustworthy than used-car salesmen...
...jump in 1980. Companies should be able to hold the line on prices because wage demands have slowed while worker productivity has begun to increase after stagnating during the recession. Another reason for optimism about inflation is the stability of oil prices. Said Heller: "There is no third oil shock anywhere in sight." James McKie, an economics professor at the University of Texas, agreed but added a caveat: "There was no second oil shock in sight before 1978 and no first oil shock in sight prior to 1973. The history of energy prices is a history of surprises...
This acclimation made the shock almost imperceptible when last week a ticklish situation turned into a veritable powder keg. The change came with the Reagan Administration's decision to authorize the Marines to fire not only in self-defense but also in aid to any European peacekeeping forces in the area...
...Even though I've never been naive about the Soviet Union or its philosophy, it was still difficult to believe that anyone would do that, [but] there was the evidence. It was shock. It was revulsion. It was horror. It was anger...