Word: stressful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Food, folks, and fun: what more could the Co-opers want? "We didn't feel a need to do or say anything," Finn summarized. "It was like all the best parts of Thanksgiving without the bad parts--good food and company without the stress and guilt that comes with going home," he explained...
...trauma does not cause people to repress memories, although bits and pieces of experience can be lost through amnesia. In fact, she says, trauma has just the opposite effect: people can't forget it. As an example, she cites the cases of Vietnam veterans who suffer flashbacks and posttraumatic stress disorder...
Jeffrey Swartz says Timberland will continue to stress its down-to-earth image. "There are times when our brand will be fashionable, and there are times when it won't be," he says. "But even when our brand is fashionable, it's still going to rain, and even when our brand is not fashionable, it's still going to be cold." Clearly not out in the rain or cold: the Swartz family, whose stock is worth $489 million...
...psychosis, hallucinations, paranoia, catatonia, multiple personalities or even wide mood-swings (the preceding symptoms are associated with a variety of forms of schizophrenia, manic-depression, etc.). Further, I know for my own case through many experiences over decades that I possess more resilience, resourcefulness, clear judgment and tolerance of stress in difficult situations (including several near-death events) than most "healthy" persons can imagine having...
...senior programming analyst, Kimberlin received a reduction-in-force notice in 1990. She tried going back to school, studying for a degree in business administration, but has held only one short-lived job in the past three years. Meanwhile her marriage has broken up under the emotional stress of prolonged unemployment -- not only for herself but also for her former husband, who was laid off by Hughes Aircraft the same year Kimberlin got riffed at Douglas. Says Kimberlin mildly: "I didn't expect this to go on so long...