Word: stressful
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Indeed, much of what Weil recommends is pretty simple stuff: self-administered, commonsense cures like eating less fat, getting more exercise and reducing stress. He leads readers a little farther afield when he introduces them to herbalism, acupuncture, naturopathy, osteopathy, chiropractic and hypnotism, although most of these protocols fall into the can't-hurt-could-help category. Where he may get into trouble is when he wanders farther still, uncritically endorsing treatments such as cranial manipulation that seem like folly even to many alternative-medicine believers. For skeptics looking for reasons to dismiss Weil, this kind of at-the-fringes...
...There's clearly a larger division between senior and junior Faculty at Harvard than at other universities," Hasselmo said. "There's a lot of additional stress associated with low rates of tenure...
...book, reading period is that strange institution that justifies almost all of Harvard: the stress, the exams-after-winter-break-tradition, the lack of real vacations. It is a block of time with no academic commitments besides those you impose upon yourself. Having successfully conquered the daily bustle of a Harvard semester, you are given a few weeks respite before being sucked into the vortex of exams...
Wall Street responded with enthusiasm to the prospect of an end to the uncertainties associated with tobacco stocks. But any talk of a final settlement appeared wildly premature. For one thing, antismoking forces in the Administration and Congress stress that the Food and Drug Administration must retain the power to regulate tobacco as a drug, as well as limit the nicotine content of cigarettes--conditions that the industry has resisted. And some lawyers were dismissive of the $300 billion as not nearly enough compensation...
...would stress the mental aspect of knowing that you can do it," Hurley says. "In the last couple miles, finishing becomes an obsession...