Word: shock
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...come as quite a shock to me and my family, and to the entire Hillel community,” he wrote...
...strip in "Mad." (He has also done a fair amount of illustration work for TIME.) But his political comix have always been the standouts. As far back as the late 1940s, EC comics included themes of racial inequities and the hypocrisies of war in such books as "Shock Suspenstories" and "Frontline Combat." Kuper's work continues the tradition with two new books - one a wordless allegory of governmental madness, and the other an adaptation of a key social realist novel...
...novel "The Jungle" (NBM; 48 pages; $16). When first published, its exposure of the Chicago meatpacking industry's outrageous conditions created a scandal that resulted in the passage of the Pure Food and Drug Act. But far more immortal than mere reportage, "The Jungle" retains its power to shock thanks to the artistry of the novel's characterization and cracking plot. It stars Jurgis Rudkus, a Lithuanian bear of a man who, at the novel's beginning, has just arrived in America and taken a young bride. Filled with hope and ambition he starts a job as a laborer...
Revealing the secret of our mutual dislike brought a pleasurable shock I imagine might only be equaled by learning I actually have a deep spiritual bond with Arnold Schwarzenegger...
...thunderous beat of drums breaks the silence of the still morning. After a quick warm up, the band marches out into Mt. Auburn Street and blasts its traditional fight songs, surely violating several Cambridge noise ordinances and providing a bit of a shock to heavy-eyed residents of Lowell and Claverly...