Word: sore
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Elton W. Carter '97 shopped the class and decided not to take it. "It seemed like [Agee Professor of Social Ethics Robert Coles '50] increased the difficulty a lot. Maybe he was sore about a CUE Guide rating...
...Sore Winners...
...infertility, in vitro can be an exercise in frustration. It is expensive (about $7,800 for each attempt, three or four of which are often needed to achieve success) and not covered by many insurance plans. It is also quite unpleasant for most women, who become bloated and sore and sometimes suffer mood swings from the powerful hormones they must take. Finally, the procedure produces children for only 18% of the couples who try it, as 40,000 did in the U.S. last year...
White respects Morris but is sore about his polls. White has told friends, "That boy came down here and said he had a poll that proves 70% of Texans are in favor of something. So we did it. Then he came down again and said 70% favored this thing over here. So we did that too. Another poll, another 70%, so we did it. By then I had 90% of the state pissed...
...there'd be nothing I could do about it. Absolutely nothing. But their compassion, their involvement causes them to put a fork in my mouth, and I take a bite of food. Or turn me over in the bed so I don't get a sore. Or get my blood pressure down when I have dysreflexia. Basically, it comes down to goodwill. Nobody has to do any of those things; I'm completely dependent on them...