Word: discomfort
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...pour champagne. There follows a procession of a dozen courses, from black truffles and pureed celery root in smoked game consomme to venison with obscure types of mushrooms, each with different vintage wines. (The bill for two comes to $390, and picking it up assuages my discomfort that Gates had insisted on putting the previous evening's $37 tab at the Indian restaurant on his MasterCard...
Repeatedly I have been told by politicians frantically seeking to avoid leadership that a majority of Americans do not approve of same-sex unions. Although I am sad that people are so frightened of Patrick's and my love, I refuse to allow anyone's discomfort to be the reason why we should be less free than other Americans. I sincerely hope that eventually most of our fellow citizens will be able to understand our love for each other. But nowhere in the Constitution of the United States does the word comfortable appear as a criterion for the full enjoyment...
...structure of the moment. In fact, we may subconsciously applaud such speakers because they've hypertexted our little lives right into Friends, Seinfeld or the "I love you, man" ads, and for a moment, at least, we know perfectly how to relate to people, deal with conflict and banish discomfort. Not being in control--that's our real worst nightmare...
Despite students' knowledge about how HIV is transmitted, they may still feel discomfort when they imagine sharing bathroom space in the dorms with a person infected with HIV, says Johnson, who founded Harvard's annual GospelFest for AIDS, being held tomorrow in Memorial Church...
...addendum to their exhortation about whining, however, the instructors of Conservation and Biodiversity are careful to point out that genuine injury or serious pain should not be ignored. There is a distinction between whining about minor, ephemeral discomfort and paying attention to real problems. There are important issues at Harvard that we need to be aware of, despite the general luxury of our surroundings. Campus security and safety can always be improved; students are justifiably alarmed at rapes and armed robberies on or near campus. Cambridge is a dangerous place, however, and security initiatives must involve effort on the students...