Word: squeamish
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...recession before it can pull out of its current, shallow one. Should Koizumi defy the odds and prove a wild success, a period of creative destruction in Japan could extend and deepen the current global slump. Yet after a decade of slow decay, it is no time to be squeamish about bleeding Japan in order to save...
...Junichiro Koizumi is not squeamish about change. He's been pushing for the same reforms since the mid-'90s, and has been around the government long enough to know where the medicine has to go and who has to swallow it. The stomachs of the rest of the government - and the voters, who loved Koizumi for what he's against but may not feel the same about what he's for - are quite another matter...
Bill Clinton is becoming the O. J. Simpson of American politics - a morally shady figure whose public presence makes us all a little bit squeamish...
...sales are down. Car buying is depressed. Consumer confidence is fading. Last week GM and Whirlpool announced big layoffs. In November the S&P 500 stock index finished its first 12-month period of negative returns in a decade, according to Bianco Research. In other words, people are getting squeamish...
SCREENING FOR THE SQUEAMISH Can't stomach the idea of colonoscopy? If early reports pan out, there may be a far less intimidating--and still reliable--way to screen for colon cancer. Doctors have developed a simple stool test that analyzes DNA shed from inside the colon. The test has so far accurately detected 91% of tumors and 73% of tiny precancerous polyps. It may be two years or more before the test becomes available, however, so your best bet for now is still the 6-ft. probe...