Word: shockingly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...prices rather quickly. But instead of taking advantage of that, American makers raised their prices along with them," says Ron Tonkin, president of the National Automobile Dealers Association. This year buyers can anticipate yet another round of increases, ranging from 4% to 7% on 1990 models. To reduce sticker shock, the Big Three renewed incentive programs earlier this month, offering as much as 10% off basic prices. But such come-ons are losing their potency...
...late. "We are in trouble," Cousins told Hazelwood over the phone. Moments earlier, the captain had felt the first shock of his ship -- and his career -- hitting the rocks. Hazelwood bolted onto the bridge, slowed the engines and took other steps to keep the ship from sliding off the reef...
...younger generation which took women's freedoms for granted has just been the patient of shock therapy. The abortion issue, in the end, may have finally gotten the Woman's Movement moving again...
Government leaders in democracies are accustomed to having their appointments challenged in the legislative branch, but the experience was a shock for Soviet Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov. The country's new 542-member Supreme Soviet rejected six of Ryzhkov's 69 nominees to ministerial-level jobs. The - casualties included Culture Minister Vasili Zakharov and Vladimir Gribov, designated head of the central bank...
...harder to shock, and much slower to show sympathy for others. Our sense of justice has become increasingly personalized...