Word: paines
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...course, in addition to the oft-over-looked strategy required in cross-country, runners must also withstand extreme pain to cross the finish line ahead of their opponents...
...They carried razor blades around in their pockets, carved their ex-boyfriend's initials into their arms, stubbed out cigarettes on their hands, and wore angry red wounds on their knuckles, wrists, calves and thighs. In her new book, A Bright Red Scream; Self-Mutilation and the Language of Pain, Marilee Strong tries to explain what is to most, inexplicable...
...whose proceeds go to The Jimmy Fund, to help children suffering from cancer. Although adults suffer from various kinds of cancer far more than children do, the fund specifically asks us to direct our help toward children. Why? Children suffering from cancer are not any less deserving of their pain than affected adults are. But children facing potentially terminal illnesses move our hearts all the more because they have not yet even had a chance to decide what they want to make of themselves, or what kind of people they want to be. When we give to The Jimmy Fund...
...passage to which native East Coasters have already been well weathered. Those from Massachusetts, New York and Minnesota know what to expect. Their blood has been thickening since their first snow storm. And like the booster shots given at such an early age you can't remember the pain of prodding needles, they cannot even remember the painful experience. I, on the other hand, with my thin blood and unfamiliarity with this "layering" of clothes idea, am more than mature enough to remember whatever pain and nuisance I am soon to experience...
...even banking reform can ease the pain at this point: "Even if Japan succeeds in revitalizing its banking system, it would take at least three years for the Japanese economy to restore the growth levels of the 1980s," says Baumohl. So when that Hitachi sound system gets cheaper at your local store, it's playing a depression tune...