Word: painful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most of us, the pain didn't last too long--at least not long enough to prevent us from celebrating Saturday night. Perhaps we have alcohol to thank for the quick dissipation of our pain. Or perhaps we could simply be thankful that the score had been as close as it had. Even those fans who had not read a word about the team all year could tell that this year's team didn't match the professionalism of earlier squads. They may have statistically outperformed the Elis, but we just didn't make the plays we needed...
...then the end comes. And it's then you realize that you really want to be back on day one, at preseason, on the line doing sprints, just because it would mean that you could do it all over again. That you could feel that pain in your legs again, that you could rush from class to lunch to make it to practice on time, that you could run around for two hours a day with 28 of your best friends...
Some unwary consumers, though, have been getting hurt. Geoffrey Bove, a pain researcher at Boston's Beth Israel Deaconess hospital, recalls a woman whose skin became hypersensitive when she stepped into sunlight. Even a mild breeze triggered a painful reaction. Bove traced the cause to the St. John's wort that the woman was taking to combat mild depression. When she switched to a prescription drug, the painful burning vanished...
...placebo of flavored compounds that tasted like herbs but had no medicinal effects, a standardized extract of 20 herbs designed to support bowel function in general, or the individually prescribed herbs. After 16 weeks of treatment, the two groups that received herbal medicines had fewer symptoms and less pain than the placebo group. But 14 weeks later, only the group that received tailor-made herbal remedies still felt better...
Before the rushing applause in Sanders Theatre stood the unforgettable dreds, expressive eyes and contagious smile of Whoopi Goldberg. It was she who made Jumpin' Jack Flash a gas, The Color Purple regal and Ghost come to life. The actress who gave us moments of laughter and pain still performs with power, as shown on Monday afternoon...