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...What's nice about [autografts] is that there's no anesthesia, no sewing," she says. "For the patient, it's relatively painless...
...1980s began to come into focus as a misguided era of borrowed luxury, Americans got back to basics. They cut down on spending, started to pay off their debts and learned to make do with less. It happened just in time. The recession, which at first seemed quick and painless, took a scary dive for the worse. In the deepening economic chill, the yearning for simpler pleasures and thriftier ways became not only a virtue but a necessity...
...book value. The '60s were the exception; at its nadir, 536 in 1962, the Dow was 33% above book. But with today's Dow Jones at 2900 and its book value around 1330, if 1992 should prove to be one of those icky worst years -- even one as relatively painless as 1962 -- it would drop more than 1000 points...
...leading the country's painful reconstruction. Walesa's bold but troubling suggestion, wisecracked one critic, at least offered the possibility of a government "able to count on the full loyalty of the President." But whoever winds up with the job has little hope of finding a painless route to economic reform...
...inescapable problem is the play's candy-box presentation of mortal agony as a peaceful, painless passing into a warm yellow light, followed by a resumption for eternity of one's former games and rituals. Save for about three minutes of medical candor, this is a vapid insult to anyone struggling with the real problem of mortality. Perhaps Scott, 64, finds this inanity reassuring. But what a pity to waste his gifts on piffle...