Word: shocks
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Smile, Mr. President. It really was stunning. It was supposed to happen, we saw it happening, it happened. Well, Coleridge said that anticipation is more potent than surprise. Even the overwhelming landslide came as no shock, though it may unnerve a country accustomed to contentious opinions to face evidence of such astounding unanimity. We ought to know, then, what this long-anticipated re-election means, what it says about America. Do we know? Mondale supporters suggest that we have become a nation of hedonists and Mammon worshipers. Reaganites, that we want a muscular America and Government off our backs. Does...
Amid the shame and shock, however, there were a few reassuring stories. Some Hindus, at great risk to themselves, organized units for defending Sikh dwellings; some gave sanctuary to their Sikh friends; others offered medical aid to the wounded. Moved by such gestures, 13 prominent Sikh writers and intellectuals issued a statement to "put on record our gratitude to our Hindu brethren." Rajiv also pledged that the government would pay fixed amounts for every Sikh wounded or killed and for every home damaged ordestroyed...
...most frustrating thing that can happen is that you perpare for a game all week and no saturday, you see stuff you didn't expect." Says the villanova graduate. "And your kids are in a state of shock-they're disoriented...
...were lowered to half-staff. On television, prayers were offered by priests and holy men representing India's main religions and sects. Patrols were quietly posted around the darkened Sikh temples to protect them from attack. From Amritsar, the five Sikh high priests at the Golden Temple expressed their "shock" and "deep grief over the assassination. In the hours that followed, the calm gave way to fights and rioting between Sikhs and Hindus all across India...
Popieluszko's abductors may have arrogantly assumed that the fragmented opposition would be too weak to forcefully respond to his death. Instead, the tragedy had provided the nation with a new symbol of courage. In their shock and grief, many Poles recalled some of the last words spoken by their martyred priest. "A Christian's duty is to stand by the truth, even if truth carries with it a high price," Popieluszko had told parishioners from the city of Bydgoszcz who had gathered to recite the rosary. "Please God, let us retain our dignity throughout each...