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Shell-shocked by his dramatic fall, Mr. Hayward was greeted with a standing ovation as he held the first in a series of employee town halls at corporate headquarters Wednesday.
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Shell-shocked, confused, and disgusted by how filthy she was.
Kresley Cole Immortals After Dark: The Clan MacRieve Kresley Cole 2010
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Shell-shocked men, often incapable of putting the horrors they had witnessed into words, became physically unable to speak or developed severe stammers.
Christina Schmid's courage shows that grief has the power to inspire 2010
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As I described a year ago in this Jerusalem Post article, Shell-shocked in DePaul, what these so-called liberals were preventing was free-speech and what they were promoting was everything that liberalism has historically fought against.
Jacob Shrybman: False Liberalism as a Mask for Collusion with Radical Islam 2010
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Shell-shocked and nervous, I went to my first Left Coast Crime and was met with pure generosity and warmth.
April 2008 2008
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As I described a year ago in this Jerusalem Post article, Shell-shocked in DePaul, what these so-called liberals were preventing was free-speech and what they were promoting was everything that liberalism has historically fought against.
Jacob Shrybman: False Liberalism as a Mask for Collusion with Radical Islam 2010
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Shell-shocked and nervous, I went to my first Left Coast Crime and was met with pure generosity and warmth.
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Shell-shocked by the velocity of the economic free-fall, many relished the prospect of lavishly overcompensated Masters of the Universe being frog-marched out of their offices and off the trading floor, their big swinging dicks no longer big (or swinging).
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Shell-shocked, I retreated to my apartment for most of the summer.
Paul Katz: Starting 2010 With "Mental Muscle" -- A Spiritual Boot Camp 2009
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Shell-shocked consumers are widely expected to stick to the frugality they adopted after the bubble burst.
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