Word: painfulness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Another source reported seeing a student in the men's room of Brrr Hall screaming to distract himself from the pain of his thawing ears. The student's problem was compounded by the icicles frozen in his long curly hair...
...fourth game began, Terrell's left leg buckled under him. He lay on the court with a severe muscle cramp for ten minutes while a doctor worked to relieve the pain. Five minutes later he could stand, and the match continued. But the injury hobbled Terrell who could no longer move with speed and assurance. Martin won the fourth and fifth games easily to take the match...
...students: they must suffer through the three-hour Scholastic Aptitude Tests. Much of the agony stems from the exaggerated belief of many students that their S.A.T. scores will determine whether they get into the college of their choice-or even any college at all. For the most part, the pain is pointless. A number of educators now contends that the tests are an imprecise indicator of future success-and colleges are relying on them less and less in picking their freshman classes...
Suddenly, he sucked in his breath and grabbed at his chest. To those seeing Kidwell's reaction on tape, it seemed plain that he was re-experiencing being shot by his wife. Swearing with pain, he forgave her ("It ain't hurt nothing, it's in the skin"), then cursed her. Finally, his jumbled words conveyed that he had got the gun and shot...
...both men teeter on the edge of madness. Hickock has strong but subliminal homosexual feelings, and likes to call his colleague "Honey." Perry, brutalized since childhood by his rodeo-riding father, is the victim of a motorcycle accident that left his dwarfed legs in perpetual agony. To alleviate the pain, he has become an aspirin addict, chewing tablets in twos and threes. At the farmhouse, the pair's dream of riches turns into a nightmare of disappointment: there is no safe, no money. In an orgy of rage, they kill the four Clutters, an unremarkable family...