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But when two countries are subject to strong "asymmetric shocks"--which is econospeak for saying that if they shared a common currency one would sometimes be in a boom while the other was in a slump and vice versa--there is a good case for their having separate currencies whose relative values are allowed to fluctuate.
David Lynch ( Blue Velvet, Lost Highway ) shocks everyone by directing a G-rated film of the sweet, true story of a 73-year-old farmer who drives 300 miles on a lawnmower to visit his sick brother.
In fact, the audience laughed all the way through the Office Space preview, experiencing shocks of recognition big and small.
In Yediot Aharanot , Danny Rothchild, a former intelligence officer of the Israeli Defence Forces, predicted that the transfer of power in Jordan will take place "without many shocks" but that there will be hard times ahead for the Jordanian people.
He, still more aged, feels the shocks