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Ewing's conclusion: "The general level of discomfort in drinking small amounts of alcohol would seem to offer protection to many Orientals from overusing alcoholic beverages as a psychological escape mechanism." He suspects that genetic differences may also account for the drinking habits of other ethnic groups. To check his theory, the North Carolina team has begun carrying out similar tests on blacks, Jews and other groups that tend to use alcohol sparingly...
...Some women say they fear that the outside jobs will take greater strength than they possess, or subject them to more discomfort than they want to endure; others seem to feel that the jobs are incompatible with their femininity. Men seem to have no such compunctions about applying for women's jobs, despite the traditionally lower pay. During the second quarter, 2,656 were hired as operators, filling 17% of the openings (the company's goal was 10%). Some possible explanations: many men as well as women may prefer the relative comfort of tedious indoor work...
Administration officials were quick to emphasize that these steps by no means end the danger of a shortage; they will do nothing to increase the supply of scarce fuels. Interior Secretary Rogers C.B. Morton said the Administration will be satisfied if it can merely "spread the discomfort out and spread it out so thinly that it is not going to have any kind of drastic effect on the economy or the lifestyle" of the public. Whether that goal can be accomplished, Morton added, is "dependent on Old Man Winter and where he strikes, how long he strikes and what...
...with the care of Michelangelo planning the folds on the Pietá. Sitting immobile for hours at a time has its problems: "My muscles begin to shake after a while. Sometimes the tears start to flow from pain, and we have to airbrush them out of the picture." Such discomfort, of course, cannot be allowed into the photographs...
...that a carbon-dioxide laser, which produces a high-intensity beam of invisible infra-red light, can quickly remove many polyps, cysts and cancers from vocal cords. Moreover, the laser operations, which are more precise and efficient than conventional surgery or freezing with cryoprobes, have proved remarkably free of discomfort for the patient...