Word: strained
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...CASE OF INDIGESTION AFTER EATING FAST FOOD IS one of the hazards of modern life. Something quite different happened when severe food poisoning struck hundreds of people in Washington, Idaho and Nevada who had dined at Jack in the Box restaurants. Doctors are blaming a savage strain of E. coli bacteria first identified 10 years ago. Somehow the germs infected a shipment of hamburger meat, which was then undercooked in restaurant kitchens. Two children died, only one of whom had eaten at Jack in the Box. This suggested that the bacteria could in some cases spread to people...
According to the letter, the restrictions were prompted by expected overcrowding in the dining halls during reading and exam periods. First-years shopping prospective houses before the spring lottery will also strain the dining halls, Young wrote...
Utilization will increase no matter what. Our health care system now rations treatment on the basis of an insurer's or a patient's own ability to pay. No money, no treatment. It's inhumane, but it doesn't strain the system. One unpleasant reality of health care coverage is that, regardless of which plan eventually goes into operation, simply adding the approximately 33 million Americans currently uncovered to the rolls of the insured will vastly increase the demand for health services...
This increased access has helped to create a new and different strain of literature which reflects the new geopolitical concerns. It is no longer limited by imperial shackles. It reflects the realization that the axis of power has shifted irretrievably and will no doubt shift again. It reflects the realization that no empire is immortal. It takes note of the acceleration and emergence of democracy and the triumph of a new economic sensibility...
However, I must admit that national revolution would be a considerable effort, not to mention a serious strain on my everyday concerns. Last night, listening to the Beatles' "Revolution," and expecting to be infused with further justification for my crusade, I quickly sobered up. John and Paul and the gang counseled against the very rash action which I had envisioned...