The Vortex was considered shocking in its day for its depiction of sexual vanity and drug abuse among the upper classes.
The party turned quickly to devices then considered shocking, like having President Gerald R. Ford sign a fund-raising letter for House candidates in 1975.
Stanford's first U.S. adult heart transplant was considered shocking 50 years ago.
Cabarets were considered shocking and fun — the raves of their era.
Delphine Pando said topless photographs were no longer considered shocking and denied the chateau was inaccessible to public view.
The reply by Engel for the USPTO acknowledged the routine use of the word, and simultaneously asserted its scandalous nature: "Although the word is frequently used, it still is considered shocking in most formal or polite situations.
Though considered too shocking for the mass of the Soviet population, the contents of the speech were debated for two days by the KGB party branch to which Mitrokhin belonged.
"Its viewpoint," he said, "was considered a shocking one for either popular fiction or for history.
Another example of a sinister reinterpretation of a nursery rhyme with an ending that her publishers initially considered too shocking, even for Agatha Christie.
Moreover, since female attacks are considered especially shocking, they are more likely to generate significant news media attention for both domestic and foreign audiences.
