Word: painful
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Similar headaches of "dual nationality" confront naturalized U.S. citizens born in Egypt, Greece, Iran, Poland, Rumania, Syria, Turkey, Yugoslavia and several other countries. Czechoslovakia refuses to recognize as U.S. citizens even the U.S.-born children of Czech parents. Such Americans should avoid Czechoslovakia on pain of arrest...
Protocol & Pain. The President's general feeling is that guests from abroad are fine, but that the 19th century diplomatic protocol that surrounds state visits is both time-consuming and obstructive to really getting anything done. These days, if there is any serious matter to discuss with any foreign statesman, it can be done almost instantly by modern communications. Visits are fine to get a personal appraisal of a man, but they take a disproportionate time on the schedule of the world's busiest executive. In this spirit, Johnson has also been cutting back on appearances before domestic...
...sure, Johnson was perhaps a bit abrupt in shunting aside the Ayub Khan and Shastri visits. Both men are critics of U.S. policy in Viet Nam. Both felt insulted and expressed their feelings vocally. Last week U.S. officials tried to soothe the pain by saying that both Shastri and Ayub would be welcome some other time; neither seemed particularly anxious to reschedule his trip. But both undoubtedly would...
...PROSTATE. In aging men, disorders of the prostate gland, which surrounds the urethra, are likely to be a source of pain or the cause of death. The gland may hypertrophy (grow to excessive size) and squeeze the urethra shut by simple pressure, or it may become cancerous. At the Millard Fillmore and Veterans Administration hospitals in Buffalo, Dr. Ward Soanes and Dr. Maurice J. Gonder have devised special instruments and an ingenious technique. They give light anesthesia and introduce the cold cannula through the urethra. To make sure of the placement, the surgeon's finger can check the position...
Finally we are told that the audience "laughed light-heartedly" at the sight of violence, stealing, and murder, thereby proving the picture a failure. Laughter can signify nervous comprehension, too; the truth, the pain and anguish, the cruelty of life brought to focus, can be too much for the audience--and apparently the critic, also. Robert Coles, M.D. Research Psychiatrist...