Word: painlessness
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Admittedly, micromastia is in some ways an atypical disease. It is painless, which is why many victims put off treatment for years, and it in no way diminishes breast function, if that is still defined as lactation. The implants, on the other hand, can interfere with lactation, and they make mammograms less able to find cancer (not to mention the potential for a disfiguring or life-threatening side effect like lupus or scleroderma). But so what if micromastia has no functional impact? Why can't a disease be manifested solely by size...
...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...