British prime minister David Cameron described the attack as "a shocking reminder of the debt we owe to those who put themselves in danger to keep us safe and secure".

To Mr. Barnum it must be a shocking reminder of the emptiness of all human plans.

The blast of noise when the clear doors opened was a shocking reminder of how well they blocked sound.

Then, haunting, never-before-seen 70mm footage of the storm's aftermath provides a shocking reminder of just how vast the storm's devastation really was.

Americans got a shocking reminder this week that their connection to the conflict here is not just strategic but personal, even intimate.

The surrounding primitive dwellings on the unpaved, dusty streets downhill were a shocking reminder of the past.

The Knicks got a shocking reminder tonight that their deep-rooted problems have not been solved.

And they were shocking reminders to residents that their park still held dangers, despite a 24 percent decrease in crime there compared to 1996.

Yesterday we were issued several shocking reminders direct from the battlefield that wars are actually fought on a plane that is excruciatingly, devastatingly personal.

In fact it was a shocking reminder of just how old the issei were, that they had known such a figure from the videotapes.