"For the markets right now, it is a shock because everybody is waiting to see what can come next because such a shocking effect, to do it overnight, is not good for a market which is keen on transparency."

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Some of the patients had "10, 20, 30, 40" pieces of shrapnel in their bodies, and others faced injuries from the bomb's shock effect, Dr. Velmahos said.

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Nowadays, though, such portrayals are common enough that the play's initial shock effect has been significantly diminished, making its flaws easier to perceive and harder to forgive.

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Some of the patients at Mass General had "10, 20, 30, 40" pieces of shrapnel in their bodies, and others faced injuries from the bomb's shock effect, he said.

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