Word: suffering
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...with tales of hell and torture. They force the boys to believe that the orphanage is their last refuge in a society that has rejected them. Daily religious instruction inculcates the boys to accept their lot and pray for a heaven--a better life--in the next world, or suffer the consequences of eternal damnation here on earth...
They must wait for the results of secondary surveys passed out to epidemic victims today, and further tests and the analysis of students who continue to suffer symptoms...
School officials are just as worried, for while concussions in the N.F.L. get the most press, the danger of getting knocked out stalks all football players, from the pros to the Pee Wees. Studies have claimed that 20% of high- school and college players suffer concussions in a season (apparently using a much broader definition of the injury than the N.F.L. does). Says Dr. Martin Samuels, a Harvard Medical School neurologist: "The loss of consciousness that occurs in football is so frequent it's frightening...
Rudolph doesn't sharply differentiate these figures -- this is a movie of cameos -- and his re-creations of their famously brittle conversations suffer from a desperate case of fallen archness. What's worst is that the development of the film's central character is so uninvolving. Jennifer Jason Leigh's draggy performance as Parker is all studied accent (something vaguely mid- Atlantic but never before heard on Earth) and equally studied self-pity. Her sadness is attributed mainly to her failure to sexually consummate a relationship with her pal Robert Benchley (Campbell Scott). But this is a dithery and inconsequential...
...recent government study is correct, male smokers are 50% more likely to suffer from impotence than nonsmokers...