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...machines that fit in the trunk of a car. There is even a hand-held mri scanner in the works that is about the size and shape of a catcher's mitt. And last week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved a paperback-size automatic defibrillator that can shock a stopped heart back into a normal rhythm...
...example, you could watch Frank Thomas go 0-for-4 with a strikeout and an error, and it wouldn't seem too surprising; but if Michael Jordan went scoreless over a whole game, it would be a shock to the whole sports world...
...also said the change came as a bit of a shock...
...Cornell duo of Bernard and Kusseluk took advantage of Harvard's shock with its second goal, at the 13:00 minute mark...
Western viewers expecting the delicate art films of Satyajit Ray will be in for a pleasant shock. Most Indian films are closer to the populist energy and intimate audience connection of Hong Kong films. And like John Woo's and Jackie Chan's action thrillers, Indian cinema exotically evokes the complex pleasures of Golden Age Hollywood, with its glamour and verve, its strict codes (India's censors typically allow no explicit violence, nudity or even kissing) and the cunning, seductive way it subverts these taboos...