Word: strains
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...rapid decline of the once mighty American steel industry has made messes out of thousands of lives. Workers who have lost their jobs must often cope not only with disruption and financial strain but also with intense emotional turmoil. One steelworker spent nine days in bed after being laid off. Some berate spouses, drink destructively, abuse children or even try to kill themselves. Wives sometimes become hysterical. One unemployed steelworker's family sought counseling because its child had stopped speaking...
...conference. King and Washington both downplayed the issue of race and distanced themselves from the radicalism that marked one strain of Black political movements...
...United Auto Workers survey of 220 Medical Area workers this spring concluded that 58 percent of the workers using VDTs experienced back strain compared with 20 percent of non-users. Officials for the union--which has tried unsuccessfully to unionize Med Area workers--were unavailable for comment...
Much of the strain in U.S.-Japanese relations may be the inevitable result of a change in the way the Japanese view themselves. Increasingly, they believe that their economic success is the fruit of hard work and that the U.S. bears responsibility for its problems. An American diplomat in Japan explains: "Japan appears to be attempting to define a role for itself commensurate with the strength it exercises in the world...
...perhaps the greatest cook in Kyoto, Moto Nagata, seats ten people, and no tip will get you in; the Japanese rarely accept tips. Such cooking flourishes because few Japanese entertain at home. Phrases like "home cooking" do not translate into Japanese with their overtones intact. They suggest strain and bumbling, not warmth and sincerity...