We don't come for the awards--frankly, who cares who scored a moonman--we come for the shock value.
Minor shocks are still being experienced here but the shock value is over for most of us.
But death and human remains can have shock value, as the comedian Sacha Baron Cohen showed at last month's Oscars ceremony.
The shock value of these retro prisoner outfits was powerful and complex.
Located in the trendy Harajuku district, the Meiji-jingu-gyoen Park is just steps away from where the city's most outrageously dressed teenagers compete for shock value.
If he liked an artist's work, he bought a lot of it, and he was intent on showing it to the public--sometimes, apparently, for its shock value.
If Martin is right and humour undermines the shock value of taboo terms, it might follow that comedy, not the courts, is the best way of tackling verbal abuse.
Once their shock value wears off, their "meaning" evaporates.
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But when you rip back the shock value of dresses made with garbage bags, others held together by safety pins or staples, skirts with strategic slashes and T-shirts fronted with provocative sayings, punk largely stood on the principles of individuality and authenticity, both so greatly valued in a DIY, Internet-savvy culture.
The delusion involved in the fourth myth may shock many - my computer contains nothing of value.
This meant that equity, the balance-sheet shock-absorber, had to fall in value.
While aluminum may be more popular with many bike designers for its lighter weight (and the Swift is not exactly petite at around 34lbs), DBC's engineers put more value in the steel's shock-absorbing power.
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Perhaps this shock will give rise to a new economic model in the West in which liberty and environmental sustainability have measurable value, to counteract our current infatuation with material wealth.
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