Word: stressful
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However, law enforcement officials stress that the city is relatively safe--arrests were well below the average for cities with populations of approximately 100,000 residents...
Before his stand on the minimum wage, some conservatives were grousing that Armey was selling out the revolution by deferring to Dole. But whether his critics are conservatives or moderates, Armey never doubts himself. "I don't do stress," he tells voters. Well, he may not feel it, but he knows how to give it to his party...
...effects of income inequality on health may reflect a breakdown of social cohesion, leading to increased levels of stress and frustration," Kennedy said. "Societies that tolerate large income inequalities may also underinvest in education and health care for the less well...
While international health officials stress that the majority of gifts are genuine and deeply appreciated, they want to put a stop to donations that may be motivated in part by interests other than those of the recipients. Dr. Erik Schouten, who has worked with Doctors Without Borders in emergency-relief operations from Georgia to Rwanda, contends that drug firms are too often chiefly interested in clearing shelves and saving costs. "Some of these companies are just transporting their problems to the Third World," Schouten says. Moreover, the U.S. tax code allows a write-off of as much as twice...
...sports drink is No. 1 in its category. But the company has more modest aims for Snapple, which has less than 5% of the soft-drink market and tons of competitors. Quaker is spending $40 million on a series of humorous TV spots that alternately praise rival colas and stress Snapple's determination "to be No. 3"--behind Coke and Pepsi, that is. For stockholders, it's no longer a joking matter...