Word: traumas
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...only too happy to boil down the larger meaning. "Winning is a habit," said the Texas Republican, who relishes Bill Clinton's weaknesses the way Hannibal Lecter liked a nice Chianti. "And so is losing." You don't have to tell that to the Democratic leadership, which was a trauma unit after the 225-to-210 defeat, in which 58 House Democrats jumped ship. Or to the White House officials who use terms like "devastating" to describe their loss on a measure that was supposed to be Clinton's one sure legislative victory this year...
...People who sustain spinal-cord injuries are often rushed into surgery; the idea is to relieve swelling and thus reduce the chance of permanent paralysis. But this may amount to taking an unnecessary risk. A study has found that one year after the trauma, people who went under the knife immediately were no better off, on average, than those who didn...
...given more purpose, direction and clarification to the story he is trying to tell. It is a love story? Not really. He never tells us if Ted's impression of women, which he tires to communicate at the beginning of the film, ever really changes. And the near-death trauma which Fred undergoes drags on entirely too long, leading to no concrete resolution...
With the explosion of information sources, the big media--which Daniels defines as major magazines, newspapers and television networks--is undergoing "trauma...
...Maaz. "This happens at a time / when their life experience and competence should be most valued. But because that experience comes from the earlier ((communist)) period, it is devalued." The resulting life crisis, he says, manifests itself in everything from vague aches and pains to depression, panic attacks, accidental trauma and, ultimately, suicide. "We often see family violence, child abuse and car accidents," he says. "It's easier to take out your aggression on a neighbor, your spouse or your children. And driving fast or carelessly makes people feel powerful." Those most at risk for early death are, in most...