Word: ulcerating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...York City, he encountered hostility. Classmates ridiculed his Americanized way of shrugging his shoulders in answer to questions and his practice of opening doors for girls. Osawa's teacher informed the boy's mother he must "act like a Japanese person." In short order, Osawa developed a stress-related ulcer and had to be transferred to a private international school. Adults hardly fare better. Says Koji Kato, chief researcher at the National Institute of Education: "Returnees are regarded as kind of guests...
Punk rock and its musical variations ad infinitum brought harsher and smugger critiques into the arena of commercial bashing. Social commentating punkers, The Gang of Four, made their point quick: "He fills his head with culture. He gives himself an ulcer...
...nongovernment organizations where the midday rest is also a tradition. However, the rite of xiuxi may have become too ingrained to be rooted out so easily. Says one Peking writer: "The directive won't change much. It's like operating on a finger to cure an ulcer...
...cost of keeping up that appearance is high. Despite his youthful face, Ullah, 41, relies on tranquilizers to remain calm, and the occasional stabbing pain warns him when too much stress has awakened his duodenal ulcer. He earned...
RECOVERING. Edward M. Kennedy, 51, Democratic Senator from Massachusetts, after hospitalization in Washington, D.C.; from a bleeding duodenal ulcer, anemia, viral hepatitis and dehydration; and Rose Kennedy, 93, doyenne of the Kennedy clan; from a viral infection; both at the family's home in Palm Beach...