Word: discomforted
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...rugged fellow in his 30s agrees to participate. "Think of something specific and personal," says the lecturer. The younger man agrees and the two men stare ahead, rapt in concentration. But something is wrong. As the young man narrows his gaze, the lecturer shows signs of agitation, of discomfort, of pain, agony-sploooosh! The bowling-ball head explodes, the meeting ends in panic, and the young man-who we now realize is a renegade scanner-vaults out of the room...
Another employee added that because "there are more people in this place than it was designed to hold," the ventilation system is causing "a lot of discomfort...
Harvard employees working in Holyoke Center have complained that lack of air circulation causes discomfort and health problems. Past renovations to Holyoke Center, which changed the internal structure of the building without changing the ventilation system, produced an "unbalanced air flow," Zeckhauser said...
...Concerns of Women (CCW) at Harvard-Radcliffe, says that many women on the Faculty feel uncomfortable. "There is tension, and it's based on gender." Although Ramsay is not a member of the Faculty, CCW includes many women professors. Many--especially junior Faculty women--have expressed their discomfort, saying they feel awkward when, for example, they walk into a department meeting that includes only men. "Women don't feel the camaraderie," Ramsay explains. "Men instantly feel comfortable with one another." Many women believe that the report's recommendations, although well-intended, are too general, and that they ignore factors such...
...misery index that Jimmy Carter first referred to during the 1976 campaign, and that Ronald Reagan keeps citing in his attacks on the President, was concocted during the 1973-75 recession by the late economist Arthur Okun, who called it the discomfort index. He saw it as a puckish way to spotlight the nation's economic ills. The measure is simply the sum of the inflation and jobless rates. On Election Day of 1976 the index stood at 12.8%, with inflation at 5% and unemployment at 7.8%. The rate has climbed to 20% during Carter's White House...