Word: discomfort
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...have to push through discomfort," says Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Michael Chertoff. We're running along a leafy path on the edge of Washington. I've managed to keep up for the first three miles. But since he's two decades older than I am (he's 53), it's not such an impressive feat. Then in the last 50 yds., Chertoff takes off in a sprint. I'm left looking at his back. When I told this story to one of Chertoff's senior advisers, he smiled and said, "You met the Secretary...
...glamorous, sexually restrictive prime. Back then, an unmarried woman with a baby would usually be the victim of mistaken identity. Ginger Rogers, say, in the 1939 Bachelor Mother: she notices an abandoned infant outside an orphanage, gathers the child up and is thought to be its mother; comic discomfort ensues. On rare occasions, and with back-breaking dexterity, a gifted writer could work the sex act into a movie's plot. Preston Sturges' The Miracle of Morgan's Creek: on a one-night stand, a pretty young blond gets drunk and pregnant, and drags her very unsuitable boyfriend along...
...consequence, two dominant moods now motivate the Kremlin élite: schadenfreude at the U.S.'s discomfort and a dangerous presumption that Russia can do what it wishes, especially in its geopolitical backyard. The first has led Moscow to take malicious slaps at America's tarnished superpower status, propelled by feel-good expectations of the U.S.'s further slide. One should not underestimate Russia's resentment over the fall of the Soviet Union (Putin has called it the greatest disaster of the 20th century) and its hope that the U.S. will suffer the same fate. Indeed, Kremlin strategists surely relish...
...we’ve adopted. You can try it yourself: If you want to play freeze-tag, build a fort or play make-believe, how many of your friends want to play with you? They’ll probably humor you in a tongue-in-cheek way, covering their discomfort with phrases like, “Wow, that’s random!” or, “Oh, you—you’re so quirky.” Or, if they’re drunk, maybe they’ll play along. Those absurd and whimsical...
...bloody prosthetic ear he's wearing. He is giddy about his on-set injuries (including a sprained finger and bruised ribs), and the explosive Butt-head-like giggle that punctuates everything he says betrays his excited nervousness. "After every single take, I laugh. It's my own awkwardness and discomfort about being an actor," he says. In fact, the crew of Knocked Up made an entire reel of Rogen's nervous giggles...