Word: stress
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...ElBaradei also warned that sanctions would be more likely to harden attitudes in Tehran than to change them, urging the West to pursue negotiations that address Iran's security concerns. Not even the Western powers pushing for sanctions believe they will change Iran's attitude. Indeed, U.S. officials stress that their diplomatic plan is to introduce very limited, largely symbolic sanctions at this stage in order to keep Russia and China "on board." Nor is it only commercial self-interest that makes China, Russia and many European countries loath to impose significant sanctions on one of the world's largest...
...have enough left over to engage the Khartoum government in constructive dialogue to finally bring peace. Lucas Mboya Nairobi Stumbling Toward Democracy Andrew Marshall's viewpoint on Thailand's military coup, "Dictators' Delight" [Oct. 9], would have been more appropriately titled "A Dictator's Demise." Before the coup, the stress level of all educated and well-informed Thais was at an all-time high. It seemed inevitable that Thai blood would flow on Bangkok's streets. The army's intervention against Thaksin Shinawatra's autocratic rule came as a great relief to Thais, who had been living on edge...
...movies like The Ring were peaking. Whannell was a Melbourne, Australia, TV host who thought he had a brain tumor. His film-school buddy, Wan, was unemployed. "I would have done anything to be healthy again," says Whannell, now 29, who, it turned out, was actually just suffering from stress headaches. When he felt better, he wrote the script for Saw, in which a terminally ill cancer patient, Jigsawultimately played in all three movies by the creepy character actor Tobin Bellforces people to consider what they're prepared to do to stay alive. Using $7,000 of Whannell's savings...
...meanings: the Lightweight Protocol and the Lightweight Persona. These two distinct interpretations fittingly parallel the duality of Benkreira’s post.The LP serves to maintain a culture of discipline in the boathouse, while also creating a lighthearted environment that relieves some of the stress of the team’s grueling training program.“I make sure it’s a good atmosphere for fast rowing,” Benkreira says.To do so, he has the job of upholding the time-honored code of rules and traditions that has evolved alongside Harvard crew. These long-established...
...tell people about the stress in their lives and tell them that there is something they can do about...