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...shock of the first goal paled in comparison to the speed of the Tigers' second tally. Just 40 seconds after the Shaw strike, Princeton senior forward Matt Striebel collected a pass from junior Matt Behncke and rocketed a shot that deflected off the right post and into the goal...
...three weeks ago, the Gore campaign discovered that Bush had whittled its lead in West Virginia to only 3 points--and worse, that Democrats were defecting in droves. The surge came as a shock even to Bush aides, who made a last-minute decision to dispatch Bush to West Virginia on the day before the first debate. Hoping to reverse the trend, Gore responded last week with an ad blasting Bush on the minimum wage, and the unions are kicking into gear on the ground: the United Mine Workers and AFL are considering an Election Eve blizzard...
Before you go crafting your sob story, it bears noting that college admissions officers are among the world's finest b.s. detectors. A case in point: a student's Cornell essay about a relative's homosexuality struck an admissions reader as gratuitous: "This has got shock value written all over...
...they see Barak giving empty ultimatums. Why shouldn't Arafat keep fighting? He has the Security Council, the Western media and the Arab world behind him. In front of him lies an Israel in shock, dazed and confused by the Barak paradox. No dove ever wanted or pursued peace more fervently. And what does he get? War. Neville Chamberlain was equally perplexed on Sept...
...elaborates on the Son's affliction. His mental tension becomes sexual impotence, as revealed in a sensitively executed nude scene. At times he has to endure pains even Candide never had to face, well beyond the point where it becomes implausible. And the fact remains that while nudity has shock value, the Son's angst shows him to be figuratively exposed throughout the whole first half anyway...