Word: stressful
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...proposed approach was to guarantee the withdrawal of Iraqi forces from Kuwait by political means. This would be done by convincing Saddam that following his withdrawal, but not in "linkage" -- I want to stress this -- certain steps would be taken that promoted a settlement of regional disputes and stabilized the situation in the Middle East...
Therefore, although with great stress and strain, the mechanism of a political settlement could have been set in motion, at least, a little bit. I especially underscore "with great stress and strain" and "at least, a little bit." There was no reason to exaggerate the possibilities for developing this process, but at the same time, there was no reason to belittle them either...
...people in the Western world are in that pre-stress syndrome of 'fight or flight' all the time, and they think that's what it means to be alive." But putting the body under so much stress is inefficient, says Bunker. "What you're looking for is to find a way of breathing that is very relaxing." Once an individual gets used to the breathing techniques of yoga, Bunker says, the stress starts to dissipate...
Bunker says that the stress at Harvard makes yoga all the more important. "I get a lot of stressed-out people who come in," she says. "I think Harvard is right up there in terms of stressful places. It's nice to watch people take control of that and not let it take them...
Most economists prefer to stress the uncertainty in the economy, but pin them down and their consensus is that growth should resume sometime in the second quarter. Not rapid growth -- perhaps at an annual rate of only 1% or 2%. But when it comes, it will be a welcome change from the 2.1% shrinkage in the last quarter of 1990. Precisely how soon the U.S. recession will end seems to depend most on whether the war is long or short. While the answer to that one is anybody's guess, America's investors have emphatically made a judgment...