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They label such crises "predictable surprises"—disasters that shock those involved even though they had the information needed to anticipate them.
Her remarks on blackface costumes back in October did not shock those who recalled her statements on the whiteness of Santa Claus and Jesus.
Such statements will shock those who have been assured that Milosevic was a nationalist dictator bent on establishing a racially pure Greater Serbia.
He loved to shock those he regarded as wimpish liberals, but it was important to him to present himself as a gentleman.
(She does have one Bordeaux on the list now, an unusual bottle from Château Tire Pé that may shock those who think they know Bordeaux).
The fact that the European countries that are party to the Iran deal are even considering choosing punishment over cooperation should shock those who care about the transatlantic alliance.
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It shocked those who encountered it.
The sheer scale of the disaster facing the planet shocked those involved in the research.
The recent incidents shocked those who live, work and represent Armley and Bramley.
Rahnavard's refusal to be cowed shocked those who would prefer women like her to be seen and not heard.
The 38-second whipping he gave Savarese shocked those watching, as did the accidental lick which toppled the referee.
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