Word: suffering
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There is no need to prohibit with sanctions even the ugliest of words. After all, they are just words. And selfcensorship and discretion normally prevent most intelligent students from uttering hateful words. When they do not, these students usually suffer rebuke and loss of respect from others. In an intellectual environment, perhaps more than anywhere else, an enormous amount of faith must be placed in people's ability to from the free marketplace of ideas and words. The alternative of censorship is ultimately far more sinister and dangerous words that might be spoken in a university without speech codes...
...pick up the habit is starting to rise again. An estimated 3,000 U.S. children begin smoking each day. Says Northeastern University law professor Richard Daynard, who hopes Congress and the FDA will join forces to reduce tobacco use: "No one wants to make people hooked on cigarettes suffer. We just want to make sure they are not followed by future generations...
...most- favored-nation trade status? What if America restrains trade? The Chinese leader sniffed, "China can live without it." He noted that the Chinese expect to import $1 trillion worth of goods annually by the year 2000. If America wants to opt out, he said, "the U.S. will suffer no less than China...
When treated with AZT, 33 percent of these asymptomatic patients suffer severe and possibly life-threatening side effects, said study co-author Marcia A. Testa, lecturer on biostatistics at the School of Public Health...
...could postpone something for a week, would you suffer the side effects for 5 years?" she asked...