Word: suffering
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...Bush did suffer one setback. He had hoped to finance $50 billion of the cost of the bailout with 30-year bonds issued by a new Government agency, the Resolution Trust Corporation, which will handle the sale of the assets of the 500 insolvent thrifts. Since the bonds will be sold by the RTC rather than the Treasury, Bush hoped they would be classified "off budget," meaning they would not be counted as part of the federal deficit. But by carrying that designation, they would have paid a higher interest rate than Government bonds. That extra interest expense would increase...
...major reason that medical practices vary so widely is that doctors suffer from a shortage of certain essential information. Despite the proliferation of medical reports and journals, there are few statistics on the comparative results of clinical procedures. And there is no comprehensive national collection of data concerning what treatments work best for what kind of patients. In fact, relatively little systematic research has been done on the "outcomes" of patients' treatment -- whether they get better or worse, live...
...washed along the rocks when a skier sent his wake crashing her way; she required 130 stitches. On Easter Sunday at Miami's Hobie Cat Beach, a nine- year-old boy was caught in the path of a water-scooter race; he died the next day. The skiers themselves suffer many of the injuries. Last summer a ski buff was killed when he hit a seawall...
...molested at the age of six, first by his father and then by a twelve-year-old friend. Says the boy: "My father used to beat my mom all the time. That makes me kind of angry. He was always out partying, getting high. My fantasy is making him suffer. First I'd shoot him in the kneecaps and let him suffer for about an hour, screaming. Then I'd shoot him in the nuts and let him suffer some more, and then I'd put a bullet through his head...
...powerful role in the formation of values. Today's children, unlike those of earlier generations, are fed a steady diet of glorified violence. Television cartoons feature dehumanized, machinelike characters, such as the Transformers and Gobots, engaged in destructive acts. But viewers see no consequences. Victims never bleed and never suffer. Youngsters mimic the behavior with toys based on the shows. Later they graduate to TV programs and movies that depict people killing or degrading other people. By the age of 16, the typical child has witnessed an estimated 200,000 acts of violence, including 33,000 murders. Inevitably, contend many...