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The scientists were sorely vexed, To classify him so perplexed Their brains that they with rags at bay Called him a horrid name one day, A name that baffles, frights, and shocks us, Ornithorhynchus paradoxus.
For the growing numbers of experts advocating draconian "drill and practice" routines in which a teacher's every gesture and word is preprogrammed, Angela's Ashes offers a scene in which one of McCourt's Irish teachers shocks him into paying attention by having an opinion on things.
Under the weight of these shocks, Monet took some time off from painting, then announced a bold new shift in his work, toward huge decorative panels.
The film footage of the assassination still shocks and appalls.
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.