Word: painful
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...week before the camp—“August 4th at 7 a.m.,” Kessler adds, to be exact—an awkward turn at a tournament in Quebec left the goalie writhing in pain and potentially looking for something else to occupy her in the coming year...
...been carried out, and since the weapon’s most extensive testing was conducted by the company that sells them, human rights groups have questioned the label "non-lethal." Yet even if Tasers pose no risk of death for their victims, at the very least they inflict severe pain. The weapon’s image as a soft replacement for the gun, however, means that their use is taken less seriously by the carrier: Instead of seeing a taser as a serious form of physical coercion, police are sometimes liable to view them as a convenient tool that uses...
...Mystery of Pain Why does the same joint problem make one person suffer terribly while another has no pain at all? There are a few clues that might solve this puzzle
...important "art of medicine" issue is sensitivity to the individual's right to self-determination. We work hard to respect patient choice. Lots of explaining, rebutting and cleaning up messes. And as the government should, we draw a line. I won't prescribe cyanide for a patient in pain, even if he asks for it, and the government shouldn't permit home nuclear bomb experiments, even for garage-inventors who promise to be careful...
...mail that they believe the evidence is "abundantly clear" that Tice is guilty of raping and murdering their daughter and don't want to see him go free on a "legal technicality." For them, all these courtroom machinations just dredge up their heartache and forestall closure. "The pain does not go away, not even for a moment...