Word: painful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...charade." The Senators, he said, "voted not to implement a program that can save a million lives a year. It was a vote against our children and for the tobacco lobby. It's as simple at that." The goal for him now is to inflict the maximum political pain on the Republicans without totally killing any prospect of a deal. But a political campaign for a new bill requires focus, which is something this White House has largely lacked during the second term, and particularly since the Lewinsky scandal broke open in January. Between managing an Asian financial crisis, nuclear...
...development. Publicizing rapid detox through popular television shows has absolutely nothing to do with promoting medical business ideas that might be financially profitable to certain firms. This story was presented on E.R. because it was able to illuminate an important issue in medicine today. MARK GREENBERG, M.D. Director, Pediatric Pain Service UCSD Medical Center San Diego...
...Disney cartoon, with comic relief--a little wheezy at first, in a matchmaker scene that seems to revel in inflicting pain--and yearning romance. It has some star voices, like Eddie Murphy, very funny as the Mushu shrimp, and a fine cast of East Asian and Asian-American actors (Ming-Na Wen, B.D. Wong, Soon-Tek Oh, James Shigeta) playing the main characters. But what's terrific about Mulan is its reaching for emotions that other movies run from: family love and duty, personal honor and group commitment, obedience and ingenuity. Nice notions for kids to think about...
...plainly, using the Internet is a pain for anyone who is not fluent in English. American English, that is. For many in Hong Kong, where English is more often used than in the mainland, this barrier nevertheless poses a great inconvenience. The people at the newspaper office where I work here have told me that many aspects of computer and Web use require knowledge of English. For programming and coding, many commands make no sense unless they know the related words in English; otherwise, they have to rely solely upon hard-core memorization. Even if people study their textbooks well...
Sitting outside at Au Bon Pain is a great place to people watch or challenge a friend to a game of chess...