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Word: painful (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...this team is finally doing what it should have done several years ago. We've put in the blood, sweat and tears (or at least the couch-potato minutes) to really appreciate every successful touchdown pass. Thus, it is our job to educate our dormmates, reminding them of the pain of every interception or fourth-down failure. "Look," I say excitedly. "We actually converted on 4th and 1!" My friends have learned to just nod and smile...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Old Pride and New Horizons | 1/8/1997 | See Source »

...right and allow states to set regulations, "It would result in a flow of cases through the court system for Heaven knows how long." Opponents of assisted suicide paint a scenario in which terminally-ill people are pressured to end their lives, even if they are not in serious pain; those in the right-to-die camp argue that such patients have only the choice of how to die, whether it be a painful death or a dignified one. Most Americans seem to agree with this argument: a recent Gallup poll reported that 75 percent of those surveyed favor doctor...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Court Skeptical About Assisted Suicide | 1/8/1997 | See Source »

...Barnes & Noble store will be the major tenant in the Broadway district of the city, which is now home to an Au Bon Pain cafe, a record store and other small shops. Other recent changes to the district have included repairs to the light fixtures and streets...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Bookstore Will Take Over Yale Co-Op | 1/6/1997 | See Source »

...royal pain in the ass, a walking conscience, the sort of brooding spirit people need but do not want around. He could not have come to America at a better time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TO BE OR NOT TO BE...WHATEVER | 12/30/1996 | See Source »

...Heaven's Door. With Dylan's blessing, some of the Dunblane children, including the siblings of four of the victims, recorded the song, which sold 189,000 copies within a week and entered the British pop singles' chart at No. 1. "Lord, these guns have caused too much pain/ This town will never be the same," ran the new words. "So for the bairns [children] of Dunblane/ We ask, please never again." Profits will go to three children's charities...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SECOND ACTS | 12/30/1996 | See Source »

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