Word: necked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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During that time, when "I had to do it all ... to be everything to everybody," she developed a pinched nerve in her neck that doctors and painkillers could not relieve. She was forced to give up skiing and golf, and a disconcerting weight gain followed for the former Powers model. She finally took her problems to a psychiatrist. "I completely lost my sense of self-worth," she admits. The psychiatrist persuaded her not to continue to sacrifice everything for her husband and children. "I also had to think about things that mattered...
...student put it, "If there's any conflict between a big men's sport and the women's equivalent, the women get it in the neck...
...Byhalia police first reported to the Marshall County Sheriff's Department that Young had died as a result of a broken neck. The country coronor, however, found a bullet hole in Young's left shoulder and ordered an autopsy which determined he has been shot at close range...
...certain amount of mystery surrounds the grand jury proccedings. Despite the initial report by the Byhalia police that Young died of a broken neck, the grand jury said there was no evidence of a police cover-up in the shooting. And, although grand jury proceedings are secret, the district attorney leaked selective evidence to the press to indicate that the killing was an accicent...
...husband, an editorial job with a New York publishing company and frequently enjoys her favorite pastimes of skiing and attending the ballet. But Mary (not her real name) also has something that casts a shadow over her otherwise happy life. She is figuratively carrying a time bomb in her neck, never knowing whether-or when-it will go off. As an infant in Milwaukee, she received X-ray treatments to shrink her thymus gland, which doctors suspected was causing breathing problems. As a result of that medical vogue, she must now live with the knowledge that she is at least...