Word: sufferings
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...acts suffer from the lavish production. The most unnecessary element of the show is singer Francine Poitras, who's been outfitted in a sort of bathrobe, dangly earrings and a headdress that looks like a shiny pineapple. Although a decent singer, her presence serves mostly to distract; warbling onstage as the excellent tightrope artist Sun Hongli braves death above her, Poitras effectively dilutes the drama of the number. Something similar happens during the "elastic ballet," an act resembling the trapeze, in which acrobats dangle from elastic strips and bounce about prettily. Although the spectacle is visually interesting, it's hard...
Michael Mao Dance Company. Twelve-member company presents the Boston premiere of "Motion Without View," an abstract piece inspired by the plight of more than 100 Cambodian women who suffer from traumatic blindness, set to a percussive score by Michael Raye. Oct. 2, 8 p.m. Kresge Auditorium, 84 Mass Ave. $7.50 for students. Call 491-3133 for more information...
Isaac said he is waiting to receive his license for this year. He said he fears that his business, which serves 75 to 80 people a day, might suffer if he were forced to move...
Discomfort from sore, inflamed joints may someday cease to plague the 2.1 million Americans who suffer from rheumatoid arthritis, if an oral treatment for the condition developed by scientists at the Medical School and Beth Israel Hospital pans...
...banking. The economy still relies on the vanishing coal and steel industries. As natural resources evaporate, so do livelihoods. Viewed by outsiders as "white trash", the people of Appalachia are not the most apt to be defended by average concerned citizens. But without a voice, these people can only suffer the indignity of leaving their homes for cities in a simple effort to survive...