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Ryan’s original 2008 Roadmap for America’s Future, his first budget plan, was a prescription for libertarian shock therapy applied to basically the entire federal government.
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Get our daily newsletter Mr Macri has attracted attention for his effort to stabilise and open Argentina’s economy while avoiding shock therapy.
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Marzonie said conversion therapy is often associated with aversion therapy, an extreme form of the practice that involves inflicting pain or physical discomfort such as electro-shock therapy.
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Try electric shock therapy, drugs that render men impotent, or maybe even a lobotomy.
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The economic shock therapy, coupled with a steep currency devaluation, has rocked the country, with fuel and cooking-gas prices rising and the annual inflation rate surpassing 30%.
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First Known Use of shock therapy
1917
SHOCK THERAPY Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of shock therapy for English Language Learners
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: a treatment for mental illness in which the patient is given electric shocks
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