Word: pain
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...Oyez, Oyez, Oyez!" shouted the Common Crier. "All ye who are not of the Livery depart this hall on pain of imprisonment...
...last week against the five men accused of firing Berlin's Reichstag building (TIME, March 26, et seq.). Center of interest was still the dull-witted Dutch arson boy, Marinus van der Lubbe (only defendant to be kept manacled and in prison garb in the court room). Chief pain to the prosecution was still the pugnacious Bulgarian Communist Leader George Dimitroff...
Fortunately he is not called upon to register fear, hate, or pain; emotions that rendered his otherwise pleasant countenance almost unrecognizable in recent pictures. A few more cheery parts like this and we predict that Mr. Morris will be back to stardom once more...
Later she decided to default that match as well. She explained: "In the third set of my singles match I felt as if I were going to faint because of pain in my back and hip and a complete numbness of my right leg. The match was long and by defaulting I do not wish to detract from the excellence of Miss Jacobs' play. I feel that I have spoiled the finish of the national championship and I wish I had followed the advice of my doctor and returned to California...
...Laboring mothers should not plead with their doctors for a completely painless delivery. As yet there is no perfectly safe way to effect that. Chloroform, ether, nitrous oxide (laughing gas) can be used effectively for an hour or two, seldom longer. Pain is caused by uterine contractions to expel the baby. Anesthetics and narcotics inhibit those contractions, also affect the baby's respiration. ''Twilight sleep," which made mothers forget their sufferings by means of doses of morphine and scopolamine, is now generally discredited...