Word: discomfort
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...center of gravity in English now appears to be somewhere in the middle—an acknowledgement that the situation has caused discomfort, but optimism that adjustments are being made. “It took the department a while to get used to the situation,” Boylston Professor of Rhetoric Jorie Graham writes in an e-mail. “But life is sometimes awkward. What we have all done is be frank with each other in meetings about how best to adjust to an interesting, sometimes less than perfect, arrangement of power lines and affections...
...restrict--maybe even ban--abortion. "He has tremendous political capital, and I wish he had said more to America and not just to us," says Gary Bauer, a conservative activist who ran against Bush for the G.O.P. nomination. "They've made a calculation: take action, but with the least discomfort to other portions of the coalition--some of the more moderate suburban women who don't react to this with the same enthusiasm I might...
...they scour the grocery aisles for the best value in luncheon meat, the Cochrans, like many homeless families, are invisible to the rest of the world--invisible not because they provoke people to look away in discomfort or guilt but because they look and act no different from the rest of us. These are not the deranged homeless ranting in their portable bedlam, a ratty blanket near a street heat grate. Families like the Cochrans live in our neighborhoods, go to our churches, attend the same public schools as our kids. And in Columbus there are more of them every...
...debate over the legitimacy of Ebonics as a language, however, was not why I approached Vaux. To call my discomfort with his comment “race-baiting” is indicative of Podolsky’s false assumptions. Our discussion with Vaux was respectful and well-intentioned. There was not, nor has there been since, any name-calling or race-baiting. There has been, however, disappointment. I was, and still am curious why the segue was made. The song we sang expressed no Ebonics terminology, and the racial diversity of the group did not reflect the standard African-American...
...Appeals last week suspended jury selection, known as voir dire, to consider the prosecution's argument that cameras in the jury room would distort both the makeup of the panel and its later discussions about the case. Fourteen of the 110 potential jurors from surrounding Harris County had expressed discomfort about being filmed during voir dire and had been excused from service. Said the prosecutors' brief: "The desire to serve on a Survivor-style reality-television series should not be added to the qualifications for jury service...