Word: stress
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...mass dissatisfaction? A major increase in working hours, coupled with a corresponding rise in stress, has led to an erosion in the quality of life for many lawyers. Law firms often require that each year attorneys do 2,000 to 2,500 hours of work that can be billed to clients, almost a third more than a decade ago. That frequently translates into twelve-hour-plus workdays and busy weekends as well...
...dances, yet her studio apartment is carpeted. She probably has horrible rug burns. And she has unbearably tacky ballet posters hanging in her apartment that she has to look at every day. She has painfully boring sex with both her lovers. And she clearly lives with the psychological stress of having ESP--she always reaches to answer the phone before it actually rings...
...stress levels in the airline industry eased last week, when three major labor disputes were resolved. Just as 57,800 striking Boeing machinists were heading back to work, 2,250 Eastern Air Lines pilots and 4,400 flight attendants ended a bitter nine-month walkout...
...hour days that Holtz habitually puts in on the problems and the solutions are beginning to wear on him. In addition, he is doubtless feeling the stress stemming from accusations that he gave money through a third party to a player at his last school, Minnesota. Holtz emphatically denies it. Now one hears the word burnout in South Bend. "Football encompasses his whole life. It's everything," says Kevin Holtz. Says Ara Parseghian, who quit, worn out, after eleven successful years: "I told him all summer, 'Please pace yourself.' " When asked what lessons he draws from the experiences of Parseghian...
...black candidates, Wilder garners just enough white votes to win a narrow victory. His crossover strategy: soft-pedal race and stress abortion rights. -- Why both sides are downplaying a U.S. payment to Iran. --Kitty and Mike Dukakis suffer a nightmare year...