Word: discomfort
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...senior year, I have the pleasure of living with quite an interesting bunch. I moved from Eliot to Leverett to live with these characters. Sometimes, however, their affinity for the distinctly “female” emerges. A couple nights ago, Wakefield and Wilosevic started arguing over the discomfort of certain fabrics—for their neckties, of course. Wagner quickly engaged as a moderator between these malcontents. When Wakefield declared an inability to wear Ferragamo ties because of the way in which it often chafed the delicate nape of his neck, Wagner pointedly shifted to the trajectory...
...believes the particles pose no serious health risk, but swallowing the pills could cause minor stomach discomfort and cuts to the mouth and throat. See your physician if you notice any unusual symptoms, and report them to FDA?s MedWatch Program, at 800-FDA-1088 or www.fda.gov/medwatch.
...disgusting way of putting out her cigarettes.Despite all these flaws, the movie does succeed as a black comedy. Eiffel describes it at one point as a story about the “looming certainty of death,” and indeed much of the humor is aimed at our discomfort with the idea of dying. Unfortunately, Ferrell is terrible as a romantic lead and, worse, uninteresting as a dramatic lead. There’s a lot of dead air when he’s not exhibiting his trademark belligerence. Ferrell is essentially expected to play a comedic straight man; most...
...discomfort is enough to make 300-pound linemen wish for a pair of ruby slippers...
...Maliki's political discomfort over the security cordon around Sadr City must have only intensified Monday, when the cordon failed to prevent a bomb blast at a crowded marketplace that killed dozens of Shi'ites in the area. The following day, Sadr brought Sadr City to a standstill through a general strike. A day later Maliki ordered the Americans to lift the security cordon...