Word: discomforted
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...what if the blockade is effective and Saddam proves as good as his threat to make sure his Western "guests" suffer the same fate as Iraqis? The Administration's answer is that it would try to fine-tune the effort to maximize the discomfort of Iraqis, and thus the political pressure on Saddam, without causing actual starvation. To stave off a famine, it might, for example, agree to permit emergency shipments of baby formula and grain...
...outearned by their wives. They dismiss their wives' higher earnings with phrases like "I say more power to her" and "I don't feel threatened by it." Inevitably, such statements are followed by the words "I have a strong ego," a defensive refrain that seems to betray a discomfort not yet resolved...
...immediate issues were economic, the underlying agenda was intensely political. Chamorro's unenviable challenge is to convince a hungry, impoverished population that deepening discomfort in the short term is a necessary evil for long-term economic recovery. The problem is that every time Chamorro asks Nicaraguans to make a sacrifice, she hands the Sandinistas a powerful issue around which to rally political support. Former President Daniel Ortega Saavedra's postelection threat last February to "rule from below" is proving effective. Last week's strike was the second by public servants since Chamorro took office and the second that ended...
Given all that, the gas-tax referendum might have been more significant if it had been rejected -- a sign that voters would rather suffer any discomfort than reach into their pockets. In fact, the increase was approved by just 52% in an election in which less than 40% of registered voters took part. "The message to government is 'Give us a discrete program, a finite cost, convince us that you're going to spend the money wisely, and we will write you a limited check,' " says Sherry Bebitch Jeffe, a political analyst at Claremont College's graduate center for politics...
...roles of racial minorities and homosexuals in the news business, of course, is that the ethnic groups are highly visible, while many gays remain closeted. Another difference concerns editorial attitudes: though most news organizations have accepted the importance of racial coverage, issues of concern to gays still engender widespread discomfort...