"To the Jesuits, Amerindian society was really shocking, " says Marie Coulombe, one of the park's guides.

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"This juxtaposition of this great beauty and this wonderful country and this horrible tragedy is just really shocking, " Michel said.

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Finally, it is really shocking that the BBC chooses to air such a blatant attack on Pope John Paul during the week of his silver jubilee.

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Then he tells you the really shocking part: The chances are nearly 100% that you will lose at least half of your investment and most likely much more than that!

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The really shocking thing about this story is not that the workers breached security and sated their curiosity, but that it appears no one actually tried to sell the records to the media.

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You know, it was shocking, really shocking.

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That is really shocking.

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"It really is quite shocking, " she said.

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But if we find this proposal shocking, our reaction shows that we do not really believe that the absence of an advanced ability to reason is sufficient to justify turning a sentient being into a piece of meat.

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And once the ship scrapes up against that iceberg, Cameron's filmmaking turns humanly brilliant, as the prospect of sudden death unmasks -- in the most touching and shocking ways -- who each and everyone on board really is.

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One really has to hope new jobs do come because this is a place with pockets of truly shocking deprivation.

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