Word: painfulness
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...they connected like old friends, stopping for lunch and getting their nails done. Siebert carried a little pump of pain medication over her shoulder like a purse. Luckily the few flashes of pain she felt passed so quickly that Siebert was able to take a turn at the wheel. "When she called me afterward," says her daughter Michelle Hovey, "you would have thought she'd been to Hawaii and back...
...such a promotion of blatant animal cruelty. I grew up on a cattle farm and know that bucking is not normal behavior for bulls. Those exploited by the Professional Bull Riders are domesticated animals that "perform" out of fear and in response to irritation from electric shocks, painful bucking straps, tail twisting and flesh-gouging spurs. The supposedly aggressive behavior is actually a terrified animal's attempt to escape extreme pain. I urge fans of bull riding to find forms of entertainment that don't hurt animals...
...half-hour question-and-answer session held after the lecture, Gilroy responded to a question about the role of feeling in music. “One good thing about music,” Gilroy said, “is that when it hits you, you feel no pain.” When asked about how he saw contemporary pop culture after the lecture, Gilroy described popular music as an “exhortation of ignorance.” Musicians today “are not bound to utopianism,” he said. But Gilroy added that artists like Hendrix...
...persuaded that they have to do something to punish Iran. But the Europeans see that as a road to disaster. They know Iran is prepared for sanctions, and will likely respond by squeezing world oil markets in a game of chicken to see which side can take more pain. The only cause for optimism is that both sides recognize the dreadful lose-lose situation they're in if they fail to reach agreement...
Though soft-spoken, Koh, a biochemical sciences concentrator in Cabot House, exudes passion and enthusiasm when he talks about Yun, a personal hero for the cellist. “Yun said, ‘You can express the world’s pain through music,’ which I believe in,” says Koh. Though born in South Korea, Koh did not encounter the music of Yun until his high school years in Berlin. It was after watching a documentary on Yun that Koh decided to champion the music of his fellow countryman...