Word: stomachal
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...ideological crisis, not quite capable of suppression, thus haunts our polity. Even if the U.S. can force the rest of the world to love our brand of democracy--dubious after Viet Nam--do our people have the stomach to support terrorist means to achieve libertarian ends? If not, those who have made foreign policy uninterruptedly since the Second World War seem to fear, then we will be reduced to a role versus the Soviets and Chinese of a "helpless, pitiful giant." Nixon, the author of that phase, and the nation's best pro football fan, would know better than anyone...
...Stomach Defeat...
After stops in Zaire (where he came down with a stomach ache after feasting on wild boar and manioc leaves), Liberia and Senegal, Kissinger returns this week to Nairobi for the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development. There he will announce formation of an International Resources Bank to finance development of raw materials. Earlier, Kissinger pledged $200 million to the International Fund for Economic Development...
...territory locking the door behind him. Squeegee. And then there is the woman proctor who always answers the door half-dressed. Bab-O cleanser. And the people who always offer him a toke on one of their perpetual joints. And the messy sink of the person with the weak stomach. And the people with bad aim. Oh, the walls. Polishing rag. And the mirrors of those who stood too close doing battle with their blemishes. Plastic spray bottle. And those who left town without flushing. Damn them. "Johnny brush" with plastic bristles. That's just about everything. And thus weighted...
...allow parents or any others to visit. During rounds the whole team--professors, residents, interns and nurses--all give the patient a Germanic lecture on wasting time, being undeserving and taking another person's bedspace, and they tube-feed the patient, through the nose and down to the stomach. As soon as the patient makes an effort to eat and gains weight, the negative lecture becomes positive: 'You are a deserving person. You are a good German.' And they have the best success rate. They say the patients all gain 25 pounds...