Word: squeamishness
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...whole story as it unfolds, then Americans will see the gruesome reality of war-unprecedented since Viet Nam. And if this happens, President Bush’s plans for a protracted war on terrorism will be in jeopardy. Even those who raised the war banner last month will become squeamish when they see picture upon picture of starving Afghani children and blood-soaked bodies strewn in the streets of Kabul...
...conquest." The Chinese took the Middle Kingdom out to sea with them. They had boats like floating farms, where they grew vegetables and raised pigs and chickens. Smaller sampans shuttled between the flotilla and the coastline, bringing aboard fresh water. It was more than just being package tourists, squeamish about the local cuisine; they were the Emperor's envoys and had to keep up imperial appearances. Besides, what restaurant along the way could handle the arrival of close to 30,000 hungry sailors...
...aided by researchers who are creating human embryos in the lab solely for the purpose of harvesting their stem cells. This has a Dr. Frankenstein aspect that threatens much of the hard-won good will scientists may have gleaned from supporters who remain a bit squeamish about using discarded embryos from infertility treatments...
...cops tell us to park in an ambulance space, and we take them up on the offer. We sprint inside just in time to see Caroline, still trussed, wheeled past on a mobile bed and into a room. "Look," Kevin say, not squeamish but trying to consider what's best. "You don't need people here. Let me get out of your way." He goes to grab a cab, and though I know Caroline adores Uncle Kevin and would always want him around, I let him go-not least, because he's right...
Dozens of cosmetic companies have informed the FDA of their use of human placenta, but most have been afraid to advertise it because consumers are squeamish about the substance as well as its source. Mila is supplied by Russian maternity wards, but Shiseido is very secretive about the placental extract in its popular Revitalizing Cream; the Japanese company won't even say what kind of animal it comes from. Progressive Beauty Brands executive David Blum admits his Placenta Plus products sell best overseas and in Hispanic communities, "where there's less resistance to the word placenta...