Word: discomforted
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wallace's health remains a question mark. Even some supporters wonder whether he could withstand the grueling pace of a presidential campaign. Though he takes no medication, he is in considerable discomfort. "It takes me an hour to do what it used to take me 15 minutes to do," he admits. At the Governor's mansion he exercises daily in a former spare bedroom that resembles a gymnasium. He lifts a 100-lb. weight over his head as many as 80 times a day, then spends as much as an hour standing between parallel bars. "With the help...
Such programs, and dozens of variations currently in use, are all based on the principle of behavior modification. Using the carrot-and-stick approach (solitary confinement v. improved treatment) or aversion therapy (the child molester associates his predilection for youngsters with discomfort for himself), the various approaches draw on B.F. Skinner's positive-and negative-reinforcement precepts and are characterized by close and expert attention to even the smallest details of behavior. The programs are all the rage-and outrage- in U.S. penology today...
...tendons pass over the ischia, or hipbones. Many victims feel sharp, shooting pains in the legs and a relentless, dominating ache in one or both buttocks. The doctors, who became interested in the condition when it developed in Swartout, prescribe painkillers and bed rest for those afflicted with derriere discomfort. They also urge that treatment be initiated promptly; most victims of ischiogluteal bursitis, they note, have "the bedraggled appearance of those who cannot sleep...
...that the U.S. was trying to establish economic and political hegemony over Europe. He sharply criticized France's Common Market partners, and pointedly noted that the U.S. can supply more of its oil needs from its own production than any European nation or Japan. "We are living in discomfort," said Jobert. "Let those who have comfort understand...
...After accepting a Freedom Award from the right-wing Order of Lafayette, Wallace visited his doctor, Ling Sun Chu, a Manhattan internist, then taped a program for Barbara Walters' TV series, Not for Women Only. The subject: the acupuncture treatments he has received from Dr. Chu to ease discomfort caused by his paralyzed legs. Perhaps conscious that a Chinese medical technique might seem exotic to Middle Americans, Wallace hastened to give the administrator of the treatments solid and, yes, American credentials. "Dr. Chu," he said, "is a Western medicine man, graduate of Harvard," adding with a twinkle...