Word: squeamishness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three broadcast networks, the repercussions of the gulf war will not be shaken off so easily. Their coverage from the Persian Gulf won big audiences and, for the most part, critical acclaim. But it cost a bundle: nearly $50 million at NBC alone, including the loss of revenues from squeamish advertisers. Losses were reportedly in the same range at CBS, though "significantly less" at ABC, according to network executives. At the same time, the war gave a major boost to CNN, which won hordes of potential new devotees with its round-the-clock saturation coverage. Now that the fighting...
Another tour consisted of a fiendish second-year bringing us into an anatomy lab and throwing body parts at us. "Kidney!... [whack]... Heart... [whack]... What are you? A little squeamish...
...prudes, wimps and the squeamish" mentioned in Joseph Enis' loving homage to that aural atrocity known as heavy metal (May 11), I have little to say in self-defense except that I seem to know a tad more about his favorite music than he seems to know about mine. For example...
...would be the last to assert that heavy metal is for everyone, however. Prudes, wimps and the squeamish should stay away, as well as those who place great emphasis on melody...
...seriously doubt that my teaching fellow is all that squeamish about sex; he was simply handing down the unwritten code of his superiors on the Human Subjects Committee...