Word: strains
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Burford, known by colleagues as the Ice Queen and once described in her home state of Colorado as so tough "she could kick a bear to death with her bare feet," succumbed with quiet dignity. Her celebrated feistiness had faded under the emotional strain of seeing her agency tarred by allegations ranging from perjury and conflict of interest by her top aides, to mismanagement and political favoritism. She also faced a congressional contempt citation for invoking, on Reagan's orders, Executive privilege to withhold subpoenaed EPA documents from House subcommittees. "She had come apart at the seams personally...
...bother me at all," he told his surgeon, Dr. William DeVries, who conducted the session on videotape at the University of Utah Medical Center. Instead, it was his lungs, permanently damaged by years of poor circulation, that kept Clark rasping throughout the 2½-minute conversation. The obvious strain on the former Seattle dentist raised one question, but Clark had no doubt about the answer: "It is worth it." He said he would advise other artificial-heart candidates to go ahead with the procedure, "if the alternative is they either die or have it done." He added...
...Queen Elizabeth's fifth visit to the U.S., relations between the British royal family and London's tabloid press were showing signs of strain, as this week's cover story, written by Contributor John Skow, attests. By contrast, the British monarchy has enjoyed a favorable press in the U.S. ever since 1860, when Prince Edward, Queen Victoria's eldest son, visited the nation that had repudiated his family's rule. Edward's great-granddaughter Elizabeth and great-great-grandson Charles seem to have inherited his ability to evoke the admiration of Americans. Those with...
...survey of 220 medical area office workers found that 58 percent of office workers who use VDT's experienced back strain, compared with 20 percent of workers who did not VDT-users also experienced more eye and neck strain, the survey said...
Similar surveys have been conducted by a Norwegian Computing Center, a Swedish Insurance Company, and a Sun Francisco bank. In each, a higher percentage than at Harvard indicates eyestrain, neck strain and back strain...