Word: discomforts
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Since silicone breast implants were introduced in the 1960s, many questions have been raised of their safety. Some recipients have complained of discomfort, recurrent infections and even disorders of the immune system. Another worry is that the implants might impede early detection of cancer. Partly in response to these complaints, the FDA ruled this month that manufacturers of all breast implants must demonstrate their safety by July or withdraw them from the market. The FDA's own analysis of the safety of polyurethane-coated implants is due out within a few weeks. "It is unfortunate," noted the FDA's Snider...
...disgraceful combination of cynicism and moral abdication. Several critics accused the President of reverting to his pre-August view of Saddam as a force for stability in the region, at least in the sense of being preferable to chaos. As to the moral argument, some in the Administration acknowledged discomfort. One official conceded, "It seems to me just like Hungary in 1956. Having called on people to overthrow their repressive leadership, we just sit back and watch them get slaughtered." Other commentators came up with a different analogy: the Red Army halting outside Warsaw in 1944 and doing nothing...
...rest of the world has beheld the gulf war and its outcome, the riveting seven-month video, with expressions of admiration, awe, wariness, discomfort and, in the case of many Arabs, a sense of rage and sorrow and betrayal. Nearly everyone is puzzled by the idea of a new world order...
Reaching a common understanding of the "language of courtship" may not be an easy process. It may be awkward or embarrassing. It may not always seem "natural." But a little discomfort is not too much to pay to end the perennial problem of acquaintance rape...
Despite the discomfort the students faced in the filming of the hour-long documentary, the students interviewed say they are glad that the program was made...