Word: sufference
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...response to Rothstein, Hoxby denounced each of Rothstein’s major claims, calling his arguments “wrong”, “misleading”, and “not credible,” even venturing that Rothstein “may suffer from…confusion...
...these are animals that suffer for their families. They're obliged to trek some 70 miles to their breeding ground (where the ice is thick enough to support the enormous colony). There they all approach starvation during the dark, 80-below-zero winter, the father protecting the egg while the mother returns to the ocean for food, which she stores in her belly and disgorges to the hatched chick. She then takes over the baby sitting while the father makes the same journey...
Some pundits have countered that an act of civil disobedience by Time Inc.--declining to follow an "unjust" ruling while being prepared to suffer the legal consequence--wouldn't be the same as placing oneself above the law. In Pearlstine's view, "when the courts rule that a citizen's obligation to testify before a grand jury takes precedence over the press's First Amendment right, to me, going against that finding would put us above the law." Others have questioned whether Time Inc. was putting corporate priorities over journalistic ones. Continued refusal to cooperate with the judge would have...
...controversial MX missile system.) The preference for military cuts may be explained in part by the fact that 76% of the voters surveyed felt they would be personally affected by at least one of the proposed reductions in federal spending. According to the poll, 49% said they would suffer from cuts in Social Security, while 38% would be hurt by reductions in Medicare and 25% by trims in the school-lunch program. Of those reporting incomes less than $10,000, 50% said that they would be affected by three or more of the cutbacks. There is also a noticeable ambivalence...
...still lust after in glossy magazines. Hungry for friendship and a calorically-sufficient meal, Jamie invited me to lunch. On our walk over, she shared some insights and advice. I am now officially an expert on the area hospitals that are the best to go to if you suffer from a nutrition-deficiency induced organ failure. She also told me to buy some mace in case of an impending terrorist attack...