Word: squeamishness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...price for this privilege is that we will come across opinions which we disagree with. Every now and then, something is bound to offend us. But we can't throw out two hundred years of Constitutional history every time an advertisement makes you a bit squeamish. There is no belief so repulsive, no opinion so damaging to society that freedom of speech should ever be abridged...
Unfortunately, Aideed will not willingly surrender himself. Thus, his capture requires force, a concept that makes Jimmy Carter and many aid workers in Somalia squeamish. The aid workers in particular have good reason; they have seen enough death and violence...
Rationing on a wide scale, however, will not be seriously considered as a solution to the health care crisis until Americans become less squeamish about making qualitative judgements that affect human life...
Robosurgery doesn't have to stop at the hip. In Europe, where officials are less squeamish about such things, robots have assisted in operations on the brain, the prostate and the inner...
...squeamish about protecting Iraq's Kurds from Saddam Hussein's vengeance. So what else is new? When has the U.N. ever risked insulting a country's leader by moving unilaterally to protect the lives and welfare of the people? Never, that's when...