Word: paines
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...whole idea of a President with sexual urges is just not that shocking. And in your case the country's been laughing about your...uh...alleged...uh... appetites for years. Hell, the first time most of them heard about you, you were on 60 Minutes talking about the pain you had caused in your marriage...
...there is the chronic pain of the Middle East peace process. Arab leaders have no love for Saddam but they oppose dropping more bombs on Iraq because from their perspective, Clinton has a double standard. He relentlessly pursues Saddam's weapons of mass destruction while saying nothing about the atom bombs everyone assumes Israel has stashed in its basement. The Arabs believe Clinton is less likely now than ever to buck Congress and his own party by browbeating Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu into a deal...
...such earthbound perseverance has emerged an amazing grace, with no trace of strain, as Kwan last month won the U.S. national title and the honor of leading America's women figure skaters to the Olympics next week. It was a victory that gave no evidence of the pain that shoots through her left foot when she lands one of those seemingly effortless triple jumps. The only expression on her face was that beatific smile, won by defiance of every sort of gravity, not just the earth's but the body's and the mind's as well, dangerous forces that...
...says, "I tell myself, 'You're not getting off the ice.' He knows I torture myself and put myself through all kinds of tasks." It was the punishing workouts that last November caused a months-old stress fracture in her left foot to become so painful that Kwan could not walk, let alone skate. She had to wear a cast for two weeks. As the nationals approached last month, Kwan still had not resumed her full training schedule. After a particularly frustrating practice session around Christmas, she asked Carroll, "Why is this happening to me?" And if physical pain...
Nature abounds in the battle for recognition, but nurture is lacking. Not only do first-years lack their traditional support networks of parents and old friends, but there is only the shadow of an advising structure. For some freshmen there is no one with whom to share the intense pain and loneliness of that first miserable year other than Johnny Walker or Cider Jack, two patient listeners...