Word: hunched
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...final analysis, the decision about estrogen is a highly individual one. It should depend on a woman's assessment of her own health; her family history of cancer, heart disease and osteoporosis; and even on personal philosophy. "I have a hunch that I'll remain on HRT for the rest of my life," says Frida, a Chicago-area college instructor in her early 70s, who feels that estrogen gives her "more energy" and a more youthful appearance. But for Joan Israel, 64, a clinical social worker in Franklin, Michigan, fear of cancer was a deciding factor against estrogen. "So what...
...hunch would be that people use [alcohol] asa way to enhance their social life," says RandolphCatlin Jr., head of the mental health services atUHS...
...Catlin's hunch, students say, is not unfounded...
...Allis, our Boston bureau chief, examined the atrocity's wider repercussions: "It was not until a Muslim student at Oklahoma University told me he feared for his life that I realized the bombing would hurt different people in different ways." Correspondent Ed Barnes' hunch that the terrorists might this time prove to be American was cinched when he learned the birth date that was cited on the fake driver's license used to rent the bomber's truck: April 19. Barnes recognized the date as one that is near talismanic to the survivalist fringe he had observed while reporting...
Tension and stress can also play a role in RSI. People working under pressure tighten up; muscles cramp, shoulders hunch, necks get knotted -- further straining tendons and muscles. Deadlines, speedups and employee monitoring programs can exacerbate the trouble. RSI sufferers also must deal with the skepticism and resentment of co-workers (who may have to pick up the slack) and the knowledge that their productivity has been impaired. This can lead to a vicious cycle in which the victims are so worried about their jobs that they work even harder, making their hands and arms worse...