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...suicide of Jan Masaryk in Czechoslovakia today has a significance far beyond that of the loss of the man himself. Masaryk was almost universally accepted as a good man, and his death in the wake of the Communist revolution is a severe shock to the entire world, not only in its personal aspect, but in its symbolism as well. Many people will believe that any action which resulted in this man's suicide must necessarily be evil...
Benadryl, used for hay fever and other allergies, may cause drowsiness, nervousness, nausea, shock...
...most businessmen welcomed the drop. They hoped it would lessen the shock of the readjustment in prices that had to come. They did not think it would shake the economy into a recession. Said Morris Sayre, president of the National Association of Manufacturers: "I suspect we are now on our way to taking the cap off the high cost of living...
...shame spread through the world with the news of Gandhi's murder. The event brought the shock of recognition, rather than the shock of surprise. More forcibly than anyone in his age, Gandhi had asserted that love was the law; how else should he die but through hatred? He had feared machines in the hands of men not wise enough to use them, had warned against the glib, the new, the plausible; how else should he die, but by a pistol in the hands of a young intellectual...
Like many another textile man who has looked like a genius during the boom, Joe Axelrod's real test will come with the return of cutthroat competition when the boom ends. He thinks his company is solid enough to withstand the shock. Last year, on gross sales of $37 million, net profits were some $5.5 million...