Word: discomfort
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When I got off the flight, having said bye-bye to the line of uninterested passengers, I felt cured of my discomfort with the passenger--flight attendant relationship. A little eye contact and the speedy dispatch of my garbage are all they're looking for. That and the free flights for everyone they know...
...gain the trust and support of military families, but only if they make a more sophisticated effort to celebrate the service the troops perform. Webb has led them along that path by proposing a GI bill that some Republicans, including John McCain, have opposed - much to McCain's political discomfort - because they think it's too generous. Obama should take the next step by launching a major campaign to encourage young people, especially college graduates, to join the military...
...rises from sweeping up the floor to creating sweeping hair-dos - and incidentally to providing sexual services for its aging clientele. It's a variation on a gag that happily served Mel Brooks in The Producers, and as in that enterprise, the result is more innocent merriment than discomfort for the audience. But still...issues keep arising...
...address at the Baccalaureate Service on Tuesday, President Faust wondered why so many members of the graduating class are uncomfortable knowing that nearly half of us have chosen to pursue careers in business, finance, or consulting. She proposed that this discomfort springs from a deeper anxiety that we must choose between the successful life, as conventionally defined, and the meaningful life...
...every 10 home games we cover, there’s a trip down the ever-dangerous Muller Hill Road, but professional journalists generally have much more trying lives than student-journalists do.But it is indeed that closeness of access and the connection to our subjects that creates the discomfort we must deal with. When we step into the press box, we must shed our Harvard gear and adopt a stance of neutrality. It doesn’t matter if the volleyball team just clinched the Ivy League, if the hockey team just forced overtime in the Beanpot championship game...