Word: paines
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...entrance onto the stage with a graceful turn, and a group of dancers were supposed to follow me in a perfect “battle-like” formation. But somehow my foot got caught in the curtain and the first thing the audience saw was me collapsing painfully on stage! No one laughed, but I did I hear a few compassionate “oh” from the back rows. I quickly got back to my place—it wasn’t until the end of the show that I realized I had wounded my knee...
...Nearly a year later, he’s got a new threshold of pain. “Imagine you’re taking 6 classes, all with deadlines in the next few days, and your professors are standing over you, each asking you to read just a few more pages or complete one more problem set,” he says. “That’s kind of what this job is like...
...financial job in the future, “The bottom line is that I really have learned a lot.” But he says he’d only recommend the experience for specific personalities. “You have to like finance and you have to like pain,” he says. “[People are] attracted to the name and the glamour, but there really is no glamour...
...national bill presently before the Senate would limit non-economic damages, such as pain and suffering, to $250,000 and cap punitive damages at twice the economic damages, though the cap cannot be less than $250,000. Economic compensatory damages—such as medical fees and lost wages—would remain uncapped...
...Sciences, avoidable medical errors account for the deaths of roughly 98,000 patients a year. It is imperative that people have confidence in their doctors. But passage of the proposed bill will diminish doctor accountability while increasing patient vulnerability. Because an arbitrary cap on damages cannot account for pain and suffering—as it does not correlate to any economic formula—allowing juries to decide an appropriate award is only fair. Capping the amount of damages payable to victims of malpractice undermines the importance of an unimpeded jury system, free from restraints that might hinder their ability...