Word: sufferring
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...product in an amount equal to the value of that product. The defense that some of the dresses were loans, not gifts, or that they are no longer worth very much once they have been worn, may not impress the IRS. A gown, even one that doesn't suffer soup stains, may depreciate from a $20,000 price tag to off- the-rack in a single evening. But that is the point of haute couture. Its value derives mainly from its once-in-a-lifetime wearing. Los Angeles designer David Hayes, from whom Mrs. Reagan borrowed more than 60 outfits...
Irked by the trend, a New York state senator has proposed a law that would require an odor-proof wrapper for the fragrant flyers. "A lot of people have been suffering in silence," says senator Martin Connor, who cites 120 complaint letters. Constituents who suffer from allergies, asthma and migraine headaches claim the scented ads aggravate their symptoms. In a New York hearing last week, perfumers defended the ads. Said Michael Petrina, an industry spokesman: "We know of no scientific data linking such samples to any significant threat to the public health...
That kind of concession displeases conservatives, who say the Soviets should suffer through their economic and political crises without American assistance. The White House dispatched Vice President Dan Quayle to disarm the hard-liners even before Bush left Europe. Quayle uttered anachronistic noises to the Washington Post, including a nostalgic reference to the Soviet Union as a "totalitarian state." If Quayle's partial retraction a few days later -- he changed the description to "authoritarian" -- seemed to blur the Administration's view even more, that was part of the game. Behind the scenes, White House officials reminded conservatives that the overtures...
...Davida Terry, a Lincolnshire, Ill., advertising executive, has kept her eight fur coats hidden in a closet ever since a chiding by an animal- rights supporter caused her to have a change of heart. "How could anyone wear a fur coat?" she now says. "How these animals have to suffer!" Last week, as a gesture of support, Chicago secretary Kathi Hodowal turned over her eight-year-old mink coat to Trans-Species, which uses such donations to stage mock funerals with fur-filled coffins. Explains Hodowal: "I just decided to give up my fur coat. It's so cruel...
...breeds intolerance, fear and sometimes even loathing. A Crimson poll of undergraduates last year indicated that few students believed they could live comfortably at any of the 12 houses. By allowing students to choose the type of living environment they want, the current maximum first choice system makes everybody suffer...