Word: stomachly
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...never run for office. He cursed himself for having been popular enough to win. With no end to the abuse in sight, Liang told one friend he was considering drastic measures. On November 25, he poured pesticide down his throat. The local officials ruled the death a result of stomach disease...
Despite battling a stomach flu that had sidelined him for two team practices and forced him to travel apart from the team, Unger, a junior forward, erupted for a career-high 13 points on 5-of-5 shooting by halftime in an 87-79 road win over...
...Perhaps most important, many people find a good breakfast to be satisfying for the soul as well as the stomach. "Breakfast has a better image than any other meal," says Leon Rappoport, who surveyed hundreds of diners on their feelings about food for his 2003 book How We Eat: Appetite, Culture and the Psychology of Food. He says that people generally associate the morning meal with family, coziness, and casualness, whereas dinner feels formal, heavy and even sad, particularly among young men. Thomas Keller, chef and owner of French Laundry in Yountville, Calif. and Per Se in New York City...
...says. Briefly last spring the police monitored her area more closely. Three weeks after the patrols stopped, however, Hodges says, a threatening group showed up at her house. Police still haven't sorted out exactly what happened next, but by the end, Hodges had been shot in the stomach. No charges have been brought in her shooting. She survived, and her neighbors eventually moved, but police are investigating whether Hodges may have taken justice into her own hands by firing at her antagonizers. No one else...
...following the U.S.-led invasion in March 2003, U.S. troops were unable to suppress the insurgency that has percolated for three years. Now, with the addition of Shi'ite and Sunni militias fighting for control of Baghdad, the U.S. military doesn't have the firepower, or, it seems, the stomach to launch a battle for control of the Iraqi capital. Given the current situation on the ground, and absent an Iraqi initiative to turn matters around, it's likely that U.S. forces will continue to bleed and die until Bush tosses in the towel - or the new Democrat-controlled Congress...