Word: discomforting
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Indeed, Cheney is so attuned to the vagaries of his heart that when he was awakened last Wednesday around 3:30 a.m. by a discomfort in his chest, he realized at once that he couldn't dismiss it as simple indigestion. It wasn't intense pain, Cheney told the press two days later. But, he said, "it lasted long enough, it was steady enough, it didn't change when I breathed deeply or moved around" that he decided--correctly--to have it checked without delay. (See this week's Personal Time: Your Health...
...cuts, roast turkey, turkey sandwiches, or turkey tetrazini, we find our lazy selves giggling and mirthful over the most inane of things. In this haze of holiday cheer, I spent the four days catching up on my pop culture, but when it was all over, I felt a lingering discomfort in my stomach (maybe it was the butternut squash?). I felt like the wool had been pulled over my eyes-as if something wasn't quite right. I thought and thought and thought... And then I figured...
...have strongly mixed feelings about whether animals belong in the circus or not. The traditionalist in me says keep 'em in - I can't imagine a circus without animals. The animal lover in me, while thrilled just to catch a glimpse of them, often veers between discomfort and amazement at the unusual acts they are made to perform...
...more time passes and Harvard continues to drag its feet, it's getting harder for us to don those clothes without the slightest twinge of guilt or, rather, discomfort with the situation...
...pseudo Mulder but a skeptical foil for Scully. And when the hard-boiled Doggett joins the search for Mulder in the premiere (Fox, Nov. 5, 9 p.m. E.T.), Scully receives him as harshly as many X-philes have. "We let the returning characters speak to our own discomfort with the idea of a new guy," says executive producer Frank Spotnitz...