11.   But there were no shock tactics onstage, and no one combusted on a Jenny Jones show devoted to the reuniting of old flames.

12.   Cynics may speculate that the puerile, coarse aspects of the campaign were always meant as short-term shock tactics that Miller would modify after the inevitable backlash.

13.   Such shock tactics have earned Limonov, a writer and former emigre, a reputation as an outrageous star of political theater.

14.   The bulk of avant-garde designers used color more than cut as the basis for their shock tactics.

15.   The movie vibrates with brutal irony, shock tactics and the blackest humor possible.

16.   The prevailing attitude on the inside appeared to be that Ms. Brown could use her shock tactics more creatively -- on bold fiction or reportage.

17.   The true measure of a horror movie is whether it scares you, either with cheesy shock tactics or by building an atmosphere of moral revulsion.

18.   To get downright Freudian about it, the more these guys give Manson legitimacy, the longer the shock tactics will continue.

19.   To their credit, Ameris and Alain Layrac, who wrote the screenplay, have taken care to avoid both easy moralism and tabloid-style shock tactics.

20.   The shock tactics were the talk of the town Friday.