Word: discomforts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Takada, a pianist, often experiences stiffness in her shoulder. She says that basic Tai Chi exercises--specifically the "double cranes in flight" and the "separation of heaven from earth"--help her alleviate the discomfort...
...need to know because we need to know: A new book hypothesizing that AIDS originated in a polio vaccine may reflect our discomfort with being unable to control our environment more than it provides any scientific breakthrough. British journalist Michael Hooper's "The River" amasses a wealth of circumstantial evidence supporting the theory that the HIV virus made the jump from animals to humans via an experimental batch of polio vaccine manufactured in part from chimpanzee tissue that may have been infected. "This theory is partially testable, because there are still some stocks of the oral polio vaccine in question...
...judge's permission, to try children as adults. "The theory behind this law," says TIME Detroit bureau chief Nichole Christian, "is that because more and more children nationwide are committing crimes that we generally think of as 'adult crimes,' these kids should be tried as adults." And despite widespread discomfort with attributing adult motivations to children, the laws are popular in many states. Opponents of the measures, ranging from Amnesty International to Abraham's defense lawyer, Geoffrey Fieger, claim they violate the most basic rights. For instance, says Fieger, an adult with the mental age of an 11-year...
...Encourage children to be aware of any signs of physical discomfort or pain...
What Hugh P. Liebert has in essence said (Column, Nov. 9) is that Christianity can be used as a legitimate justification for "deep-seated moral qualms about homosexuality" and thus Christian students should not be forced to have gay roommates, for reasons of "potential sexual attraction and its attendant discomfort...