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...steaming, insect-swarming triangle 600 miles by 300 between the Paraguay and Pilcomayo rivers. British Explorer Julian Duguid has described the Pilcomayo as "a vast, foul-smelling, oozy stretch of bog with as much movement as an unsqueezed sponge. ... An Englishman may obtain some slight insight into the discomfort of penetration into the Chaco if he locks himself into a hothouse, waters the flowers, closes all the windows, and allows a blazing sun to shine through the glass while he rides a stationary bicycle. Even then he will not be bothered by insects." The worst insects are ihenni, vicious black...
...young gentleman when first seen was sitting on the doorstep staring disconsolately at the ground. Rain from the eaves dripped steadily down upon the rusty thatch of his head, but he noticed it not. There are some thoughts which are more searing than mere physical discomfort. As the Vagabond approached the better to divine the cause of all this anguish the young gentleman looked...
...than 47 years," Francesco Mastrostefano sued Barber Reitano for $2,000. He alleged that Barber Reitano, "well knowing that said plaintiff did not wish the end of his said moustache cut. and wilfully and maliciously intending to cause said plaintiff disfigurement, humiliation, ridicule and mental and physical suffering and discomfort, did then and there with force and arms assault said plaintiff and laid hold of him and, placing a towel over his eyes to blindfold him, did . . . cut off both ends of his said moustache and closely crop same...
...offerings of a New England winter evening for more than an hour in order to secure gallery seats to the Symphony concerts in Sanders Theater. The spectacle has become as frequent as it is vexatious and unnecessary. The inevitable inconvenience discourages many from attending; for those oblivious to physical discomfort, the wait is galling in its futility. Moreover, when the crowd is finally admitted and allowed to stand in the vestibule for a half hour before the start of the concert, its impatience and indifference to smoking prohibitions create a disorder and fire hazard which are sufficient in themselves...
Fortnight ago it looked as if the Glass Bill might pass Congress without serious difficulty. Democrats stood solidly behind the little Virginian. Insurgents were for anything that would discomfort Wall Street. But that was before the big bankers of the land had read the bill's text, made their outraged feelings known to Washington. The Treasury scowled a scowl of disapproval; Governor Meyer of the Federal Reserve Board looked displeased. Last week it was clear that the Glass Bill was scheduled for a major operation-by-amendment...