Word: hurts
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...exposed to people of different backgrounds. While this may be true, undergraduates should keep in mind that Exeter classmates and football buddies have feelings, too, and to suddenly spend less than 100 percent of one's free time with them is liable to cause misunderstandings and hurt feelings. And imagine how embarassed one would be to come shamefacedly back into the fold after having caught a lethal venereal disease from a "friendly" stranger...
...trained lawyer methodically prepares her material and is deft at marshaling facts. But she can be wounded by a stray remark. When told that a Democratic political consultant had joked, "At least no one can say she quit while she was ahead," Dole grew silent, wide-eyed and quietly hurt. "She takes her job very seriously," notes Robert Ellsworth, a longtime friend and her husband's campaign chairman. "It's very important...
...accidents? "Well, some near ones." He cut off the end of an ear twice. And once a branch snapped back and threw the chain saw out of his hands, one of which was laid open; at the same time, he twisted to avoid the running chain and hurt his back badly. He wrapped up his hand in a handkerchief and loaded the truck, but he couldn't unload it because his back hurt too much. "Saw a doctor after I'd put up with it for a week, and he popped my back into place so's I was able...
...terms of its historical and public relations value, instead of in terms of national interest and strategic stability. To the Administration, the INF would work toward rehabilitating Reagan's image with the public and with historians, proving that his policy of negotiating from strength worked. Nor would an agreement hurt the Republican party in the upcoming presidential elections...
...show is less preachy or patronizing than it sounds, and even a bit inspiring, because Mr. Bill just seems to be such a decent lad, a regular fellow from a working-class London suburb, doing his best at raising the conciousness of his comrades-to-be. It doesn't hurt that he also mixes in the sarcasm of a practiced stand-up comedian and several stirring songs about sexual politics...