Word: discomfort
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CINEMA: Southern discomfort in three ambitious films...
...given the rest of the country everything from health food to a taxpayers' revolt. Now it has bequeathed another far-reaching legacy to its sister states: a clampdown on auto-emission standards that could help transform the American car and the fuel that makes it run. To the discomfort of U.S. automakers, a House Energy and Commerce subcommittee voted unanimously last week to adopt California's strict limits for the 1990s as the law of the land. The measure, which seemed certain to win House approval, would cut existing levels of tail-pipe pollutants as much as 60% from...
...Dulls' idealism remains intact, but they have reached some conclusions that discomfort their Communist hosts. "To me the primary objective of socialism is to meet the basic needs of the workers and not to exploit their labor," says Ralph. "I think we're doing that in our farm in Ohio, because all the workers are doing their own managing, owning, and sharing the benefits and risks. They are not exploiting anyone else's cheap labor." Left unsaid is that in the Soviet Union, the situation may be exactly the reverse. Says Ralph: "If any of these state farms were...
Besides being emotionally stressful for some, menopause can bring physical discomfort and may lead the way to serious health risks in older women. When their reproductive years end and the production of sex hormones drops, women face not only the prospect of hot flashes and insomnia but also a greater chance of worse conditions, such as heart disease and a weakening of the bones called osteoporosis. Over the years, pharmaceutical companies have developed pills designed to replace the hormones the women have lost, and these drugs have come into wide use. Now, however, new questions are being raised about their...
...epidemic of lawsuits. "Mothers believe that all babies should be born perfect," observes Massachusetts General's Stoeckle, and here the bond of doctor and patient may be most fragile. Doctors order expensive tests and uncomfortable procedures as protection against future suits. The costs to expectant parents are exorbitant, and discomfort during delivery is heightened: nearly one-quarter of all U.S. births are currently by caesarean section, which can be less risky to the baby than vaginal delivery and makes the doctor less vulnerable in court...