Word: strikingly
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McCool suffers from a severe case of cumulative trauma disorder, a syndrome that results from overusing the muscles and tendons of the fingers, hands, arms and shoulders. The condition brings pain, numbness, weakness and sometimes longterm disability. Such problems, more commonly known as repetitive stress injuries (RSI), now strike an estimated 185,000 U.S. office and factory workers a year. The cases account for more than half the country's occupational illnesses, compared with about 20% a decade...
...cocked upward or downward, compressing the tendons, ligaments and nerves that run through its narrow confines. People working with typewriters are more likely to hold their hands suspended straight forward, the wrists flat. Old-style typewriter keys also generally have a certain amount of spring, while computer keys often strike against a hard, unforgiving base. "These simple things sound trivial, but they are not when you're locked into one position, working all day long," says Marvin Dainoff, director of the Center for Ergonomic Research at Miami University, in Ohio...
...front is to bring public pressure on the Palestinian negotiators and their P.L.O. backers to quit the talks. As an initial test of strength, the alliance called for a complete shutdown of businesses in the territories on Sept. 23. After five years of the intifadeh and countless strike calls, many Palestinian shopkeepers have begun to ignore the demands to close up. Fatah, Arafat's faction within the P.L.O., even instructed Palestinians to conduct business as usual on Sept. 23. Nonetheless, the entire West Bank and Gaza Strip shut down on the appointed day, proving that the hard-liners are able...
...student-faculty committee report on ROTC released yesterday attempts to strike a compromise and settle a debate that has existed in various forms since...
Players can strike other balls but must pass a wicket within the next two shots. If they do not, the ball they hit is considered dead and cannot be struck again until the player scores a point...