Word: distressingly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...doctor or nurse all suited up and wearing a surgical mask: "It's a monster! It's got big eyes and no mouth! It's taking me away from Mommy and Daddy." No wonder half of all children from the ages of 2 to 10 show evidence of distress--from bed-wetting to nightmares--for at least two weeks after their operation. Some of them remain traumatized even six months later...
...from the horror, few hints have emerged of exactly what went wrong. The flight had been delayed two hours in Dallas, and arrived in Little Rock at the wrong time: Just as a storm began buffeting the airport with lightning, hail and winds gusting to 75 mph. Yet no distress call from the plane reached the tower. National Transportation Safety Board investigators are on the scene, and they would seem to have one question to ask: Why did Flight 1420 attempt a landing...
...teens. On the one hand, the benefits are apparent and important. Experts estimate that as many as 1 in 20 American preteens and adolescents suffer from clinical depression. It is something they cannot outgrow. Depression cycles over and over again throughout a lifetime, peaking during episodes of emotional distress, subsiding only to well up again at the next crisis. And as research increasingly shows, depression is often a marker for other disorders, including the syndrome that used to be called manic depression and is now known as bipolar disorder. If undetected and untreated in preteens, depressive episodes can lead...
MOLD-FASHIONED Belgian designer Martin Margiela seems intent on triggering acute nasal distress in those who view his latest creations. Margiela is unveiling a line of mold-covered garments Monday at the Brooklyn Anchorage gallery in New York City. The clothes were dipped in agar and treated with mold, bacteria and yeast; they were then left to develop new colors and textures (the smell is a bonus). Ideal accessory: that fuzzy fruit in the back of the fridge...
...supposed to be an insult. It is not childish or poorly made, terms which could easily be leveled at hundreds of adults' movies. In fact, it's rather mature given its subject matter, and the craftsmanship is impeccable. But the elements of the story itself--a princess in distress, evil villains bent on galactic domination, space bandits and virtuous knights--these are the elements of legends and fairy tales. They are the elements of childhood...