Word: discomforts
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After the event, Jobs even briefly joined the media in a room where Apple's new product line was being shown. He walked under his own steam, of course, easily and without any apparent discomfort. While he remains impossibly thin - I doubt he weighs 100 lbs. wet - he actually looked jaunty. (The new version of the iPod Nano was billed, by the way, as "The Thinnest iPod Ever...
...bottom line, Strate says, is that perhaps "physicians should reconsider their advice" - at least for those patients who do not experience a physical worsening of symptoms or discomfort after eating particular foods. Noshing on nuts and popcorn may not worsen diverticulosis, and better yet, studies suggest that adding nuts to a healthy diet may further reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease, cancers of the colon and prostrate and diabetes...
...based research means, more or less, that someone has done statistical analyses on subjectively chosen "outcome parameters." There are some cases where the outcome, or endpoint, of a trial is pretty definitive and measurable - like, say, death. Other times, the outcome parameters can be as nebulous as "satisfaction" or "discomfort" - but in these cases, when numbers are assigned to subjective experience (e.g., "my discomfort level is now three out of 10") and plugged into an algebraic formula, they produce "rational" or "evidence-based" conclusions, which suddenly have the ring of scientific truth. As far as the evidence-based movement...
...stiff, formal speech from Louisiana before a wall the color of Kermit the Frog. He came across as nervous and stilted, his eyes fixed on the teleprompter as he emphasized the wrong words. In such settings, McCain can appear impatient, if not phony. He tries to cover up his discomfort with joyless flashes of a sideways grin...
...green wall. If that sounds bad, it looked even worse. He came across as nervous, his eyes tracking the teleprompter, emphasizing the wrong words, and inserting sarcasm into phrases written to be sincere. In these settings, McCain can appear impatient and phony. He will attempt to cover up his discomfort with quick joyless flashes of an unconvincing grin...