Word: stomachful
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...alerts. Most soldiers were in uniform, but some were wearing the workout clothes they sometimes sleep in. Realizing the explosions were not Scuds, I walked over to the tent where the grenades had gone off and saw two very badly wounded soldiers--one bleeding from his leg, back and stomach. The medics had not yet arrived, so soldiers were bandaging wounds themselves. I noticed the chaplain trying to comfort the dozen or so who had been wounded. Sergeants were shouting orders to form a security perimeter. Some of the younger soldiers were looking on in a state of shock...
Even in fighting the U.S. a second time, Saddam may have sensed an opportunity for survival. He apparently was convinced, just as he had been a decade ago, that the U.S. could not stomach casualties, so his strategy was the same--betting that a heavy body count of U.S. soldiers and Iraqi civilians would drive Western public opinion to demand a cease-fire. Not that he has shown concern about the deaths of his people. The Pentagon claims Saddam had tailors stitch up 15,000 British and American uniforms so that disguised Iraqi troops could attack Iraqi civilians, allowing Saddam...
Does this mean that everybody should start taking daily doses of aspirin? Not necessarily. Aspirin, after all, carries its own risks, including internal bleeding, stomach ulcers, allergies and in rare cases strokes. The patients in these two studies were selected because they were known to be at high risk for colon cancer--which tended to tip the risk-benefit ratio in their favor. Whether daily aspirin use makes sense for the rest of us is still not clear...
...Gerard begins punching me. If he hits me in the stomach, I swear I will projectile vomit on him like that little girl did in “The Exorcist...
...achieve “54’ 40” or Fight.” My joy is eclipsed only by the intense stomach pain I am feeling right...