Word: sores
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...KNEW LIFE wasn't going to be easy on the outside, especially when on the morning of commencement I found that my good ol' run-of-the-mill, blend-into-the-crowd cap and gown had, presto-chango, become a considerably fancier, stick-out-like-a-sore thumb Juris Doctor gown and cap two sizes too small for my head. At the time I confess I wasn't aware of the foul-up, but when I saw none of my neighbors wearing similar get-ups, I got a little concerned. "Oh, god! I'm a freak," I thought...
...ANOTHER SORE point between the city and the universities is their tax-free status. But Harvard and MIT voluntarily pay several hundred thousand dollars annually to Cambridge in lieu of taxes, and university-owned commercial property--such as the ground level of Holyoke Center--is fully taxable...
Since then, I have been offered birth control pills to console me for my sore throats, the morning-after pill to cure the flu, and pregnancy counseling to remove any number of stomach aches...
...young, basically healthy, and female, I recognize the almost overwhelming potential of my body for conception. At this stage, however, I wonder whether the fertility I am burdened with must necessarily cloud every doctor's perceptions of my illnesses. I go to UHS when I think I have a sore throat, the flu, or an infection under a toenail of my left foot. According to the enlightened standards of UHS, none of the above is a particularly accurate assessment of my bodily ailments. Instead, I am pregnant, about to become pregnant, confused about my sexuality, or too timid...
...could see. There was a big swath of raw flesh just below Kenny's ribs. His elbow was swollen really big, and so was his hand. There was a deep gouge near his wrist. He showed me a big sore on his hip, and he showed me his shirt lying in the corner. It was a strip of rags...