Word: paines
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...those in the U.S., meaning that if theirs tumbles, ours doesn't necessarily follow. Take Japan. Its stock market has been in decline most of the past eight years, a period in which U.S. stocks have risen 240%. Since August, the U.S. market has seemed equally impervious to the pain of 20% to 40% market plunges in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and finally Hong Kong...
...Viewers with weak stomachs have little to fear, however: the visual representation of the violence and bloodshed is quite restrained, consisting mainly of several sparing patches of blood and one remarkably fake-looking severed hand. Perhaps as an appeal to the spirit of Halloween, a lot of the physical pain the various characters inflict on each other takes the form of mystical gestures of conjuration rather than actual bloodspilling...
...approach exercise with the idea that it has to hurt to be effective. Inspiring Nike ads of Emmitt Smith sweating through his rigorous preseason training program or Brett Favre taking a massive hit from a defenseman instead of sliding safely to the ground, hammer into our minds that "no pain, no gain" is the only way physical exertion pays...
...Pain is a necessary part of any athlete's training regimen, but it is self-defeating if it prevents you from making exercise an integral part of your lifestyle. If you change your attitude about exercise from a drill that is painful and loathsome to an activity that can be fun and extremely fulfilling, chances are you'll be more successful in making it a permanent part of your routine...
Many claim that the death penalty helps the loved ones of homicide victims deal with their loss; yet, much as we want to alleviate their pain, we must not kill out of grief. Dorchester's Joseph Chery, a man who knows as much about the pain of murder as anyone after his young son was killed, has become an outspoken opponent of the death penalty. "As human beings, your very first impulse dictates revenge," Chery told the Boston Globe this past weekend. "But as reasonable beings, it becomes a question of repressing that first instinct, using your values, using your...