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...point, she enlists Pentalver for a sparring match. “I didn’t bring my mouthpiece,” she tells him curtly, “so no punches in the mouth.” The two begin a friendly sparring match, stopping intermittently to laugh, joke or correct each other on form...
...doctors in training, nurses and medical journalists, hypochondria is an occupational hazard. The feeling usually passes after a while, leaving only a funny story to tell at a dinner party. But for the tens of thousands who suffer from true hypochondria, it's no joke. Hypochondriacs live in constant terror that they are dying of some awful disease, or even several awful diseases at once. Doctors can assure them that there's nothing wrong, but since the cough or the pain is real, the assurances fall on deaf ears. And because no physician or test can offer a 100% guarantee...
...thought of as lame. After 2002, Larson stopped making his No. 1-selling boxed calendar, which was, essentially, a legal way to print money. "I couldn't understand why it was still doing well. I think it's one of those things that would dissolve into a joke itself: it's back...
...worked out their problems. But once they were engaged again, trouble resurfaced. By February 2003, the couple called it quits for good. "We were having so many fights, I realized if I went through with it, the marriage wouldn't have lasted more than five years," he explains. "People joke around and say, 'So, are you engaged this week?' But it's not funny. I don't think people who haven't gone through it understand the impact...
...Instead, it is a collection of bad insults and jibes. By his own admission, Kavulla did not “attempt rational debate with Ms. Adams.” He made no attempt to disprove or even contest any of Adams’ views, instead attempting to make a joke of her. That kind of rhetoric is more well-suited to Rush Limbaugh than The Crimson...