Word: discomforting
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...recruits. But a TIME investigation, based on dozens of interviews with military and intelligence officials as well as Iraqi leaders inside and outside the insurgency, reveals that Iraqis are reclaiming the upper hand, forcing al-Zarqawi to adjust. Differences between Baathist insurgent groups and al-Qaeda are driven by discomfort with al-Zarqawi's extreme tactics and willingness among some Iraqi commanders to join the political process. U.S. officials in Baghdad confirm to TIME that they have stepped up their efforts to negotiate with nationalist insurgents and the Sunnis they represent. "We want to deal with their legitimate concerns...
...that workers at Harvard deserve to be paid at a level commensurate with that of other universities in the area” and called “on the University to honor explicit promises it made to custodial workers in 2002.” Some members expressed discomfort with the resolution, questioning whether workers’ rights properly came under the jurisdiction of a council focused on student issues. “This is something that students should support on their own,” said Connor C. Wilson ’07. “I cannot say whether...
...shook the weird feeling that when I was at the club, I was having a good time at the expense of those who could not join. The club started to make me feel ethically uncomfortable. The strange thing was, I had a feeling if I just pushed through that discomfort, I could get used to being a member. But I knew that once I did that, I would lose a part of me that I valued: my connection to a struggle for social justice. I didn’t want the club to feel normal, because once...
Haruki Murakami smiles at the camera with a discomfort that belies his popstar-like fame as one of Japan’s best-selling authors. His pop-culture rich novels featuring intelligent, urban, isolated characters have formed a new literary genre in Japan, its authors called “Murakami’s Children.” Harvard Professor of Japanese Literature Jay Rubin, who has translated several of Murakami’s books into English, poses alongside him. The two chat with each other in Japanese, attempting to dispel the awkward silence interrupted only by the sound...
Even now, Murakami isn’t part of the Tokyo-based Japanese literary scene. The outsider mentality pervades his novels, which have ironically propelled him to a position very much in the center of all things literary. His discomfort led camera-shy Murakami to leave the country...