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...tournament sponsors with a solid, businesslike image, free-spirited Miss Blalock has adorned her bank checks with the peace symbol and her golf bag with a sign that reads P.O.W.S NEVER HAVE A NICE DAY. In short, some of her peers clearly dislike her, and are probably enjoying her discomfort...
...flying at lower jet altitudes (40,000 ft. v. 65.000 ft. for the originally proposed U.S. SST). Finally, unlike other SSTs. it could fly economically at Mach 1.2. At that speed, it would create no sonic boom (under normal atmospheric conditions) and could fly over populated land without causing discomfort and damage below...
...religious ceremony--Pedro helping prepare the food to be buried with his father. But his special sensitivity is his knack of combining the ordinary with the lofty, comparing the ecstasies of the saints, for instance, to eating chiles ("The heat is fine for a time, but afterwards the discomfort in the back field is too great.") For Cuscat, as his Dominican teacher tells him, is "one of those who can hold opposites comfortably in his head." His natural response to a visitation from Santa Rosha is not awe but laughter. "We speak of God," the novelist explains, "the Indians speak...
...form. He has written numerous letters to the Crimson and has written extensively for outside publications on the subject. Even though Kilson said that "I can live with Afro-American Studies if no changes are made," his actions this year indicate he would be living in considerable discomfort...
...Varicose veins, those bulging, discolored blood vessels that cause cosmetic consternation in women and discomfort for both sexes, probably have a variety of causes. Habitual standing in place for long periods is one. Can sitting in chairs be another? So theorizes Dr. Colin Alexander of New Zealand's Auckland Medical School. Alexander's argument in the Lancet owes as much to geography as it does to anatomy. Varicose veins, he points out, are rare among the Japanese and other Eastern peoples who generally sit on the floor or the ground. But the condition is common among Westerners...