Word: sorely
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Stuart D. Shapley '98 says he experienced a similar problem last year. Shapley walked into UHS complaining of a sore throat and a cold and walked out with Azmacort, an asthma inhaler usually prescribed for chronic asthma sufferers...
...These performers are of differing ages, but they are all from the old school. When they sing, they often go for the cheap seats, the rafters, the chandeliers. They evoke thoughts of shattering wineglasses and standing ovations and encores that go on and on until one's palms are sore from clapping. Our cynical side knows their albums are designed primarily to move units; our innocent side hopes against hope that they, nonetheless, will move us as well...
...fated lovers sing better than they act, delivering consistently competent, and sometimes lovely passages. However, neither lead ever wins the audience's heart. The end of Dido, and of Dido, comes as a relief to us--also no doubt to the actors, whose jaws and cheeks must surely be sore with so much smiling...
...sentiment. "The Blarney Stone" is an Irish pub romp of sex and drunken chicanery ("Who's that girl, that pretty young thing/After I fuck her she'll get up and sing/Sharpen your boot, bludgeon your eye/The Blarney Stone brings a tear to me eye") that sticks out like a sore thumb. Tapping into a similar stylistic tradition, "Waving My Dick In The Wind" hastily ponders loneliness in a humorous jaunt...
...Jiang faces extremely difficult tasks ahead. Hollywood has rallied around Tibet's cry for autonomy while Taiwan remains a tremendously sore spot in international relations. The legacy of Tiananmen Square has not worn out, as this week's protests have shown. Besides the three terrible Ts (Tibet, Taiwan and Tiananmen), China might have a fourth: Trade. The imbalance between China and the U.S. is about $40 billion, second only to the deficit between Japan...