Word: shook
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first, as the two jet fighters came screaming over the Zambian capital of Lusaka, most townspeople paid little attention, assuming them to be air force planes on some kind of training maneuver. But then a series of sharp explosions shook the city, and Zambians suddenly realized that the black-white confrontation in southern Africa had taken a new and dangerous turn...
Last week's news shook Wall Street like a 100-point dive in the Dow Jones industrial average. Traders are wondering who might be the investigators' next target. Says one broker: "Everybody has done insider trading at one time or another." Observes a senior investment banker: "People used to joke around about insider trading. Now it's in extremely bad taste to crack such jokes." These days, needless to say, Dennis Levine and those who swapped secrets with him are not laughing...
Ever since the military court convened on May 5, the proceedings have been broadcast live over Haitian television and radio. At first Jeremie laughed easily and shook his head in disbelief as evidence against him was presented. But his demeanor darkened noticeably during testimony about his role in breaking up an anti-Duvalier demonstration near Leogane, a town 28 miles southwest of the capital, a week before Baby Doc left. The military prosecutor charged that Jeremie had led two Jeep loads of Tonton Macoutes, Duvalier's hated secret police, who had opened fire on the crowd. The government contends that...
Among other things, Goizueta unleashed the blizzard of mega-brand marketing that produced Diet Coke, Cherry Coke and (still being tested) Diet Cherry Coke, not to mention new Coke and the hurried reincarnation of old Coke as Coca-Cola Classic. He shook up the company's mostly franchised bottling operations, causing about 100 of the outlets, supplying roughly 70% of the U.S. market, to change hands. Goizueta's most radical step has been to overturn the cash-heavy financial management championed by longtime Coca-Cola Chairman Robert Woodruff. During Goizueta's reign, Coca-Cola has borrowed $1.3 billion, mostly...
...Tripoli, the thunderous whine of the jet engines was followed by sudden concussive crescendos, as 500-lb. gravity bombs and 2,000-lb. Paveway II laser-guided bombs started to explode. The massive blasts shook windows throughout the city, jolting sleeping residents awake--and sometimes more than that. "When the firing woke me up, I immediately thought of throwing myself on the floor," recalled an Italian resident. "Then a big explosion...