Word: discomforted
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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CAPTAIN SCOTT O'GRADY HAD THE grace to blush when America welcomed him home with the kind of publicity once lavished on Douglas MacArthur. O'Grady had eaten grass and ants for six days of adventurous Bosnian discomfort...
...watcher who treats a sitcom like a good book, or even an above--average movie! One cannot make the mistake of taking these characters seriously or having any emotional involvement at all. You're not meant to cringe at their discomfort, but instead to laugh out loud at their idiocy...
Hoyte alternately gives comfort and discomfort to those of us who are deeply suspicious of hiring and other preferences for minorities and women. When I asked him how Harvard defines affirmative action, Hoyte emphasized that preferences are not a part of that definition. "Affirmative action at Harvard...[means] we extend the possibilities of applicants...At Harvard, we always hire [the person] who we believe to be the most qualified...
...discomfort, you say? Bah! Remember, honey--no pain, no gain. There is a reason why your Barbie doll could never stand up barefoot; her feet are molded for stiletto heels. And look who she reeled in: that handsome hunk Ken. Even in the seemingly innocent realm of Saturday morning cartoons, Smurfette, object of desire for hundreds of lusty blue Smurfs, possessed the cutest pair of white high heels...
...second response to the discomfort-potential of HCIA actions is that such actions essentially take place already. Is there any real difference between a BCC member sitting down to dinner with a student and a student reading a poster like Hillel's recent one: "Eating alone again at the Union? Come to Freshman Night at Hillel"? In fact, there is no difference at all between proselytizing actively and passively (provided that active recruitment bars harassment...