Word: sufference
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...drastically, while modestly increasing defense spending. Under Reagan, defense spending grew as a percentage of total outlays, while entitlements declined by the same measure. Peterson would have us re-accept the Reaganomics that caused the problem to begin with, continuing the military buildup and forcing non-defense programs to suffer the burden of paying off the Reagan deficits...
...skates and a costume weighing 25 lbs.," he notes. "In order to clear the people, I had to get my speed up to 35 m.p.h. It was a knee killer." Musicians face peril as well. Pinched nerves and muscle cramps caused by repetitive hand motions are common. Violinists suffer everything from fiddler's neck rash to complete jaw displacements. Trumpeters get neck hernias and muscle tears around their mouths. Bagpipers are prone to lung infections from fungus that grows inside the bag. Clarinetists develop thumb problems, because the 28-oz. horn is supported only by a hook on the finger...
...prostitution are common in parts of Africa, and general standards of hygiene and medical care are low. Scientists believe widespread venereal diseases in Africa also contribute to the spread of AIDS by causing genital ulcerations that make it easier for the virus to enter the bloodstream. Finally, Africans suffer from more nonvenereal viral and parasitic diseases than do Americans, and the Africans' overtaxed immune systems may be more vulnerable to the AIDS virus...
Imagine the possibilities. No more would we have to suffer through hopelessly boring special reports on each state's primary. A lottery would inject the suspense and the excitement back into the process. Will the new President be Black or white, male or female, Jewish or Indian, rich or poor, intelligent or stupid? There would be no way to know, and this would make the system truly democratic...
...with ordinary minds have the capacity for not living in eternity. Out of sensitivity [to the others with whom we also suffer], we find the bold head in front of us luminous," said Ginsberg in response...