Word: painfulness
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...insists that patrons take off their shoes before they sit on cozy bamboo mats and indulge in Vietnamese rice wines with purported medicinal properties. Lychee and banana-flavored shots get the night going, but potent animal-based spirits are said to have more lasting effects: snake wine reduces back pain and scorpion wine is thought to be a sexual stimulant...
Always, always, the pain and hurt of the city can break through and curdle the best intentions. Izhiman describes what it was like to cope with the aftermath of a suicide bombing. "We're trying to help the injured, and people are pointing at us, yelling, 'You're Arab! You did this to us, and what, now you're here to save lives?' It was like a knife in my heart." Adds Alian, "On the Israeli side, human lives are being lost, and the Arab side is demanding rights for statehood. I'm caught in between, angry and frustrated...
...read this piece and scoffed at the possibility that anyone would choose New Haven over Cambridge. I had been to nerd camp at Yale and decided that I hated fake Gothic architecture, the flower lady who peddled outside Starbucks, and a campus centered on overpriced shops and Au Bon Pain...
...have some impact in Kenya, and in most of the developing world.” Sambu said he hopes to work with a team of researchers at Oxford that is trying to develop a needle-less aerosol vaccine delivery system. Such a mechanism would allow for fewer infections, less pain, and for children to get vaccinated at a younger age. “I believe science can play a prominent role in helping the economies of Africa in catching up to the rest of the world,” he said. Sambu added that he is compiling scientific terminology...
...sung by Colombia’s finest female vocalist, Shakira—provide a harmonious touch, and exude both the lonely and hopeful tone achieved by the book. Javier Bardem, one of Spain’s finest actors, excels in his performance, capturing both Florentino’s pain and his desperation. Giovanna Mezzogiorno skillfully depicts Fermina and perfectly conveys her character’s satirical humor, which, with a script as flawed as “Cholera,” could have easily come across as hackneyed. The two actors have fantastic chemistry, and the rare scenes where both...