But now there are indications that humorlessness is an affliction that strikes religious fundamentalists across cultures.
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With those sparks, any adversity or affliction is another stepping-stone to a better life.
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With the global economy already weak, SARS is an affliction the region could have done without.
Her early attraction to science was a by-product of this affliction: she resolved to find a cure.
But this affliction shouldn't catch up to you if you repeat this simple move every day.
Mr Monti has yet to show he can cure Italy's most serious affliction: its chronic slow growth.
Brown said that being treated for hypothyroidism gives his athletes an edge over competitors suffering unknowingly from the affliction.
These days more and more young Americans are suffering from a similar affliction.
In the midst of such an affliction, why the distraction of an election?
For example, if diagnoses mirror the actual incidence of juvenile polar disorder, that affliction grew forty-fold between 1993 and 2004.
But the 23andMe data could provide insights that improve our understanding of this potentially deadly affliction and actually save lives.
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For more than a quarter of a century, Iran has suffered from an affliction faced by most countries that experience revolution.
Both Zynga and the mighty Electronic Arts suffer from a similar affliction: neither really figured out effective in-app revenue strategies early.
In a society where public shame is the worst affliction, she has already suffered doubly for her bravery in speaking out.
These United States are confronted with an economic affliction of great proportions.
Any "solution" that robs us of that essential sense of ourselves is a cure far worse than the affliction it is meant to treat.
If malnutrition does so much damage and the actions against it are cheap and effective, why is the affliction only now being taken seriously?
His work in neurology has helped patients with phantom limb pain, a particularly cruel affliction for people who have lost an arm or a leg.
This is an all-too-common affliction these days, but especially among internet types like me whose job relies on staying hyper-connected as much as possible.
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It's a high-pitched blend of anxiety and hypochondria and it's clear that two World Series championships did not eradicate the affliction it simply had laid dormant.
Tells women she has discovered the solution to their single affliction.
Thankfully ours suffered no such affliction and, recording, we headed down.
It is typically considered a personal affliction or an individual failing.
These days I have a far more serious affliction: gigahertz envy.
There's only one treatment, we learned, for that affliction: food.
The question is, are pathological narcissists blind to their affliction?
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President Reagan was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease after leaving office -- an affliction that many scientists say eventually may be cured with the help of embryonic stem cell research.
Pfizer's trail of woe, reflected in a 40% share price decline since 1998, is a result of an affliction known to every problem gambler: the delusion that skill can overcome chance.
Some had tried explaining that his fears were unfounded, since the affliction had arrived not at birth but after an attack of the spotted fever when he was a boy of five.
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