Word: distressingly
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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Sleep-deprived workers may resort to alcohol and drugs as a way to compensate for fatigue. But the solution only compounds the distress. Many people wind up on a hurtling roller coaster, popping stimulants to keep awake, tossing down alcohol or sleeping pills to put themselves out, then swallowing more pills to get up again...
...most common sleep complaint is insomnia. About a third of Americans have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep, problems that result in listlessness and loss of alertness during the day. Most of the time the distress is temporary, brought on by anxiety about a problem at work or a sudden family crisis. But sometimes sleep difficulties extend for months and years. Faced with a chronic situation, insomniacs frequently medicate themselves with alcohol or drugs. Doctors warn that in most cases sleeping pills should not be taken for longer than two or three weeks. Such drugs can lose their effectiveness with...
...even the screams of a comrade in distress could not arouse action from the Thayer forces. The Holworthians finally took pity and freed Cooper...
...preservation of species is a task involving a volatile mix of biology, politics, economics and morality. For 17 years the Endangered Species Act has provided a "911" distress line for life forms teetering on the edge. But its species-by-species approach does little to avert conflict. Man cannot manage nature through a series of ad hoc rescue attempts, ignoring the underlying causes for the loss of biodiversity. The answer is not to dilute the Endangered Species Act but to better anticipate the consequences of human activity, focusing on entire ecosystems rather than on single species. By the time...
...video technologies made matters worse. Small children who repeatedly watch their favorite cassettes are, psychologists point out, behaving no differently from toddlers who want their favorite story read to them over and over. (The VCR may actually give parents more control over their kids' viewing.) Video games may distress adults with their addictive potential, but researchers have found no exceptional harm in them -- and even some possible benefits, like improving hand-eye coordination...