Word: ulcers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...pleased to report, married at the tender age of 19. The groom, we are cryptically told, is a "fellow classmate." (Katya is a history major at Moscow State, although she has been on "academic leave.") Kremlin handlers are willing to discuss the particulars of the President's bleeding ulcer, but Katya's nuptials -- which, given her grandfather's state, looked a bit rushed -- are strictly off limits. Reports in the Russian media, however, indicated that Grandpa (who turns 68 this week) was "extremely sad" not to be there. Yeltsin did give his blessing and a bouquet to the newlyweds -- when...
...instance, you could be Boris Yeltsin. On Monday, he checked into a hospital for the umpteenth time this year, this time for a bleeding ulcer. I needn't convince anyone that having a whole in one's stomach can go a long way to dampering one's day. Add to his obvious physical distress the awareness that his country is falling into shambles, and you've probably got one sorry spirit...
...Crimson was able to confirm that guard Charles McElroy suffered a heart attack over the New Year's break and is recovering. Another guard from Lowell House is in the hospital receiving treatment for an ulcer...
Attention parents: doctors warn that pennies minted after 1982 can be a hazard if swallowed and not excreted. The newer coins are made with zinc. When the metal combines with stomach acid, the result is so corrosive, an ulcer can develop within just a few days...
Racism in America is "only an ulcer, or whatever the correct medical analogy is," Thernstrom said...