Word: discomforting
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...bump in the reported cases of head lice as kids go back to school. Despite the common misconception that lice can leap tall buildings, like fleas, they're actually crablike crawlers, moving from scalp to scalp. Though lice don't usually transmit disease, they can cause a lot of discomfort, embarrassment and missed school days, so parents should deal with head lice the moment they become aware of an infestation...
Blush vs. Gore Bette Midler was not the only performer who seemed oblivious to the codes of the New Model Democratic Army. Prior to introducing Midler, actor-comedian John Leguizamo unleashed a volley of jokes about Jews and Hispanics "licking Bush" that the audience sensed were causing great discomfort in the front row, though his impression of Bush learning his Spanish by instructing "the help" was on safer ground...
...paid $1,000 for the concert; $25,000 for the concert and supper afterward. Was it worth it? Only if Hillary's Senate campaign was near and dear to your heart. The concert took place on the lawn, where big trees blocked donors' views. And there was some understandable discomfort among the faithful when Michael Bolton serenaded the First Family with "When a Man Loves a Woman...
...Israel's annual Shoah day - when the nation is called to observe two minutes of remembrance for those who died - the ultra-Orthodox go about their business even as the majority stop what they're doing and stand in silence. But it remains a cause of considerable discomfort for ultra-Orthodox theologians, not least because so many of those who died were ultra-Orthodox rabbis and true believers themselves...
...recent flight, I found the manicotti too darn spicy. I plan to travel a lot this summer and wonder how I can avoid such gastric discomfort...