Word: discomfort
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Shandler, the author of several cookbooks, sought solace in the usual place--her kitchen. The result, Estrogen: The Natural Way (Villard, $24.95), will be in bookstores next month. It contains 250 recipes that Shandler devised for foods to relieve her discomfort, including salad dressings and soups, muffins and mousse cake. Just one slice of mousse cake a day, she swears, keeps those hot flashes...
...rather surprised by what I found. I would raise the fundraising issue casually over dinner or during a conversation, expecting to encounter some discomfort at first and, eventually, a strong opinion on the issue. Strangely, I got neither. The more people I spoke with, the more it became obvious that the Democratic activists weren't silent on the fundraising issue because it made them uncomfortable. They were silent because, in the end, scandals such as these do not have a dramatic effect on one's status as a Democratic activist...
Although the other kids didn't know about Joan's surgical history, they teased her about her tomboyish looks and behavior. Public bathrooms proved to be a source of particular discomfort. Joan often insisted on urinating standing up, which usually made a mess. In junior high school, she stood so often in the stalls of the girls' rest room that the girls finally refused to let her in anymore, forcing her to use the boys' room instead...
Republicans want to keep the heat on Democrats without having the investigation spread to their own fund-raising practices. To their immense discomfort, the FBI has been investigating whether the Chinese government funneled money to both parties in last year's congressional races. Senator Fred Thompson, the Tennessee Republican who will be chairman of the hearings, promises he will also look into congressional fund raising. But Republicans, who let lobbyists draft part of environmental legislation in the last Congress, want his questions to stop at the White House...
...Seats. The discomfort felt in your belly is exceeded only by the pain in your behind. Domestic carriers are flying at an average 70% capacity, the highest since World War II. But legroom, as measured by the distance between the seat in front of you and the back of your own, has shrunk from 34 in. in coach 20 years ago to an average of 31 in. today. Doesn't sound like much, but remember that the trend in human girth is running opposite: Americans are getting bigger. The cush has been taken out of the cushions too, from...