Word: discomforts
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...about. And that's good. It's interesting to see where the criticism of this comes from. It comes from Latin America. Most Latin American states are not happy with the United States for many reasons. I don't think that's going to change. There's some European discomfort with it for various reasons, but I don't think it amounts to much. I think that this is quite reassuring to people like the Egyptians who are internally vulnerable. Also, I don't think we squandered moral capital. I think that that was the fundamental moral thing...
...irksome self-questioning and squirming that Aristotle prescribed 1500 years ago, the kind that makes going to the theater more than just entertainment. In Curse, only occasionally do Shepard, and the generally able troupe presenting it at the Loeb, stumble out of the realm of theatrical effectiveness into pure discomfort. What they leave is a production pockmarked with awkward moments and unpleasant breaks in tone...
...from the infamous live lamb to Keith Rogal's slimy portrayal of Corporate Evil as the interloping lawyer. Still, no amount of carbonation can lighten this load; Curse would weigh down the blithest spirit with distaste for these starving and unstarving misfits, compassion for their situation, and deep-rooted discomfort at their closeness to a twisted but familiar reality. And that, after all, is the point...
...think there was some discomfort on the part of the University at my invitation. I told Harvard I was not willing to participate at the Korea institute--I don't want to hurt the Korea Institute." Kim adds, "According to newspapers, there was a worry that I might use this University as a base for my politics, but I told Brown [Benjamin H. Brown, then director of the Fellows Program] that I never had any intention [of doing that...
Rosovsky, in a letter to the graduate student, wrote, "I regret very much the discomfort you have experienced in your relationship with Professor Dominguez. Your statement has been helpful in evaluating other allegations of his abuse of authority and deciding what action should be taken...