Word: discomfort
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...becomes apparent only around Hour Five, long, long after delirious theatregoers have been scurrying about proclaiming it's the greatest day they've ever spent in the theatre. Nothing's inherently objectionable about an immense outpouring of love, but the flip side of this is the palpable hate and discomfort audiences display in the face of something they're less sure of, something that demands more than a tough backside and a fat pocketbook...
Muddy terrain, a constant downpour, and the harriers' discomfort with the unfamiliar course made for some rather unimpressive performances...
...worked in a peanut warehouse. The two men became hungry, and drove some 30 miles in Oney's car to a steak house. But as the men got in line to order, Oney suddenly realized from his companion's confused look that his new friend was illiterate. Oney's discomfort grew when the two reached the salad bar--and he realized his acquaintance "didn't know what to do (at a salad bar)--he was kind of confounded by the whole thing." Reflecting, Oney says the incident "about broke my heart. Here was a man with this quiet dignity...
...many names: period, monthly, that time, my friend. But for many women the most apt description is the curse. For about half of all women of child-bearing age, menstruation is a monthly misery that causes intense physical and mental discomfort. In the U.S. alone, menstrual problems result in the loss of 140 million hours of work a year. Menstrual pain, says Pathologist Laurence Demers of the Milton S. Hershey Medical Center in Hershey, Pa., "probably is the most common cause for absence of women from the work force...
...pressure, blood clotting and reproduction. Says Demers: "Some prostaglandins made by the uterus precipitate the contractions that are necessary for menses and labor. But when they're produced in excess, the uterine muscle cramps." Carried through the bloodstream to other parts of the body, the prostaglandins trigger additional discomfort...