But by washing the feet of women, he jolted traditionalists who for years have been unbending in insisting that the ritual is for men only and proudly holding up as evidence documentation from the Vatican's liturgy office saying so.

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Every once in a while, when I was at home, the phone would ring and I'd be jolted by music until he came on.

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His relatively smooth progress was jolted in the final set when he made a mad dash to retrieve a half-volley and hit the deck just after reaching the ball with a backhand, ending up sprawled on the rubberised hardcourt.

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He left in 1999, took up teaching and has since jolted the practice of entrepreneurship.

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He hit the post either side of two successful attempts, the second of which jolted Wasps into life with the result being a position in the Chiefs' 22.

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His talent for bridging divides was sorely tested in the 1980s as Labour was jolted by rifts between right and left, particularly during the bitter miners strike when he was spokesman for energy, employment and trade and industry.

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"We were called the crazies, " recalls JDRF founding member Carol Lurie, jolted into action after the diagnosis of her 10-year-old son. (He's now a parent of a diabetic daughter.) The nonprofit stages a Children's Congress every other year, bringing 150 afflicted kids from around the country to Washington to generate not-so-subtle pressure.

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