Word: stomachal
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...really natural thing now; priorities don't even come into the question, he says. "I never consider throwing it out and studying. I remember helping this old couple, driving them to the hospital, and translating for them. It would get me in the pit of my stomach when I'd walk up the stairs to their apartment and the paint would come off in my hands. It is a very emotional experience for me. The anguish involved, the frustrations, the anger--the thrills." In contrast to Wong, whose efforts have covered the spectrum of social problems in Chinatown, Janet...
...timeless enticements of a Mediterranean cruise-the visits to fabled isles, the sun and spray, the moonlight murmurings-were not for those aboard the French Line's Mermoz. The passengers, in fact, had little stomach for anything but their stomachs; the ship's 470 well-heeled and generally well-fleshed guests had signed up for an ocean voyage dedicated solely to gastronomy...
...moment, it seemed unlikely that the U.S. would have the stomach to refight Viet Nam. The war had already cost too much in lives and money wasted 9,000 miles away?more than 56,000 Americans dead and 303,000 wounded, upwards of 1 million dead Vietnamese, $141 billion spent, 7 million tons of bombs dropped?and all for a war that came, more or less, to nothing. The cost had also been exorbitant in hatred and alienation at home...
...gory combats follow in quick succession. There are sadistic assaults on prepubescent black girls and a good deal of bother about incest. James Mason, as the plantation's Old Massah, must spend much time with his bare feet pressed into a prostrate black child's naked stomach because the doctor has assured the old man that this is a sovereign cure for his rheumatism. In the end all the white principals are required to exterminate one another in expiation of their sins. The final bloodbath is depicted in the same vulgar manner used to present the indignities suffered...
...musical performer's life is lonely and difficult. "All of a sudden you get that rush of 20,000, 30,000, 50,000 people-THE WORLD. All these people love me, you think. Then you're back in a hotel room by yourself in Missouri, your stomach hurts, and your humanness just overwhelms you." Flack had an epic case of growing pains...