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311987 Stanley Cup Finals — Infobox Stanley Cup Final year=1987 team1=Edmonton Oilers team1 short=Edmonton team1 captain=Wayne Gretzky team1 coach=Glen Sather team2=Philadelphia Flyers team2 short=Philadelphia team2 coach=Mike Keenan team2 captain=Dave Poulin referees=Dave… …
32Markham Ice Shelf — The Markham Ice Shelf was one of five[1] major ice shelves in Canada, all located on the northern coast of Ellesmere Island, Nunavut. The ice shelf broke off from the coast in early August 2008, becoming adrift in the Arctic Ocean. At the time,… …
33Mishima Yukio — orig. Hiraoka Kimitake born Jan. 14, 1925, Tokyo, Japan died Nov. 25, 1970, Tokyo Japanese writer. Having failed to qualify physically for military service in World War II, Mishima worked in a Tokyo factory and after the war studied law. He won… …
34Smith, Adam — (baptized June 5, 1723, Kirkcaldy, Fife, Scot. died July 17, 1790, Edinburgh) Scottish social philosopher and political economist. The son of a customs official, he studied at the Universities of Glasgow and Oxford. A series of public lectures in …
35aftershock — af|ter|shock [ˈa:ftəʃɔk US ˈæftərʃa:k] n 1.) a small ↑earthquake that happens after a larger one 2.) the effects of a shocking event ▪ the war and its aftershocks …
36burnt child dreads fire — bad experience or shocking event can mark a person s attitude or way of thinking throughout this person s life …
37burnt child dreads the fire — bad experience or shocking event can mark a person s attitude or way of thinking throughout this person s life …
38tragedy — n. 1. Dramatic poem, drama, play. 2. Calamity, disaster, catastrophe, shocking event …
39coup de fou|dre — «KOO duh FOO druh», plural coups de fou|dre «KOO duh FOO druh». French. 1. love at first sight. 2. a startling or shocking event. 3. (literally) thunderclap …
40horrible - horrid - horrific - horrifying - horrendous — All of these words except horrid can be used to describe a very unpleasant and shocking event, experience, or story. ...an imaginary torture, perhaps, but all the more horrible. It was one of the most horrific experiences of my life.… …
