Word: sufferings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Feline saliva contains the offending substance, a protein called Fel d1 (for Felis domesticus 1) that is left on the fur and skin during preening, a full-time preoccupation of most cats. As a result, houses full of cat hair and dander cause uncomfortable reactions in 25% of allergy sufferers. "Some 70% of cat owners allow their cats to sleep with them in their beds," says Dr. Joseph Wedner, chief of allergy and clinical immunology at Washington University. "There's no better way to make someone allergic to a cat or to make a cat allergy worse than lying there...
...severe local response to bites from yellow jackets, hornets, honeybees, wasps and fire ants. An arm swollen to twice its normal size is not unusual. Of the 2 million annually whose reactions to stings spread throughout the body, a few hundred thousand will break out in hives and suffer shortness of breath. Yet, according to the estimate of Dr. Martin Valentine, an allergist at Johns Hopkins, half of those people who would have such dangerous reactions are unaware that they are at risk...
Until that time, millions of Americans will continue to sneeze and suffer, victimized by errant genes, pollen grains, mold spores, dust-mite dung and the family...
...musicians here took these cues. Each song has melodies, lyrics and guitar riffs inspired by early Beatle hits, from the jaunty taunting of Golden Blunders ("You're gonna suffer the guilts forever . . . You're gonna mess up things you thought you would never") to the alley-caterwauling harmonies on I Don't Believe You and Don't Know a Thing About Love. The final song, What Goes Around, features Harrison-like guitars gently weeping in harmony, an extended coda a la Hey Jude, and at the end a cryptic spoken message. The phrase is either "All the same...
...Bush voters said yes. For Perot, that figure was only 57%. A majority (53%) said they know little or nothing about Perot. One reason: he has not yet been forced to take firm stands on controversial issues. When his views become clear, Perot's popularity might well suffer...