Word: chronical
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Though your form includes as a possible answer "Learning, remembering, or concentrating," such choices do not accurately describe my own peculiar set of chronic impairments, which go back 30 years. My inordinate fear of male clowns, for example, especially those with heavy rouge on their cheeks that only partly conceals their stubble. Or my nagging suspicion that some short-order cooks really do blow their nose in the soup, and far more often than their customers realize. Also, I have a habit, in public rest rooms, of drying my hands on the inside of my shirt rather than using those...
Dizziness, it soon became clear, is a chronic condition for many seniors. Nearly 25% reported that they had been suffering from dizziness for more than a month, 15% for at least a year. Their dizzy spells were most often triggered by getting up quickly, turning the head or entire body, or being upset or anxious...
...Lately I have been sorely disappointed with the quality of the humor in your magazine. Between Gossip Guy's infatuation with chronic masturbation, the Groovy Train's sexual insinuations about some of our nation's most revered historical figures, and numerous solicitations to "suck it" and such and such in the Mailbag, I have come to the conclusion that your publication is low-class, low-brow, and caters to the lowest common denominator...
Companies pay for this tailored service, which helps them cut human-resources costs, but eHealthclaim is making parts of its site free to individuals and expects those most likely to use it will be caregivers, senior citizens and those who suffer from chronic illnesses. These users won't have access to the full suite of tools unless their health insurer offers the service. But they will be able to use several tools on the site, including a medical-procedure fee estimator. Users can enter a question like "How much does a liver biopsy cost in Glendale, Calif.?" and be armed...
...that an optimistic attitude somehow strengthens the immune system or simply inspires people to take better care of themselves. In the study, the optimists were happy to credit themselves when things went right, and they tended to view crises as fleeting. Pessimists, on the other hand, were chronic self-blamers. Most of us are, no doubt, a bit of both...