Word: stress
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...into a children's song; he could be a father crooning silky nonsense to a first-born. He lends a seductive petulance in "I don't wanna be your tiger/ 'Cause tigers play too rough." He plays with the title words as if they were Silly Putty, altering the stress and length of the vowels. It's a great, blithe performance...
TIME: Are there any specific things you've done to help cope with the stress...
...list of dreaded domestic tasks, taking a pet to the vet ranks fairly high. Dragging Rover or Fluffy to get their shots and checkups can be a Herculean struggle, with pet and owner left exhausted and upset. So what better way to remedy the stress than for the vet to come to you? A steadily growing number of veterinarians are offering house calls or opening mobile services. Membership in the American Association of Housecall Veterinarians (AAHV) has increased 150% in the past decade. LaBoit Inc., a company that manufactures mobile-vet vans, has seen sales increase 40% over each...
...Crown by making a tight definition of subversion that would not have caused much alarm. Instead it plans a wide-ranging bill that not only provides a very broad definition of subversion but also gives the police new and worrying powers. In defense of the legislation, government officials repeatedly stress that it will not be abused, and that civil liberties will be preserved. In short: trust us. Yet opinion polls provide evidence of growing concern over these laws, and last week opponents of the anti-subversion legislation staged one of the biggest political protests since...
...this atmosphere creates stress and is generally unhealthy. We should look for ways to better integrate our social lives into the rest of our world. In the same way that periodic naps boost productivity, a social presence and more relaxed atmosphere can improve our work and our health simultaneously. Effectively, we are more efficient if we allow for the blending of our work and our play...