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The word distress has various meanings:-

  • Distress (medicine) occurs when an individual cannot adapt to stress. See also fetal distress, respiratory distress.
  • Distress is a kind of suffering.
  • In Maritime and Aircraft terms, distress is defined as "grave and imminent danger to life or person or vessel or aircraft, needing immediate assistance". Such a state is indicated by a mayday radio call.
  • Distress is also used by Search and Rescue services to describe targets in adverse or critical conditions.
  • Distress can also refer to the process whereby materials are worn down by time and natural forces.
  • Distressing in woodworking and the decorative arts is the art of making furniture and household objects look old.
  • In law, distress, or distraint, is the act of seizing goods to compel payment, or the goods thus seized.
  • Distress is a novel by Greg Egan
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Thu Jul 9 19:44:47 2009

In your opinion, did displaying signs with the women s names amount to infliction of emotional distress?
Q. Under federal law it was legal for clients to obtain an abortion. Late at night an anti-abortion protester climbed into a dumpster located behind a women s clinic. The protester found documents that showed the names of two women who were scheduled to have abortions at the clinic the following day. The protester gave the information to a friend who planned to picket the next day. She created signs using the names of the two women who were planning to undergo abortions. The signs urged the women not to kill their babies. The women later sued the woman who made and displayed the signs for intentional infliction of emotional distress.
Asked by eastside5 - Thu Sep 18 15:32:28 2008 - - 4 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Yes. It was a violation of medical privacy. Additionally, I think the picketers probably intended emotional distress by personally attacking the women using their names. That's pretty blatant harassment. I can't see any other reason for them to behave like that except to purposefully upset the women and purposefully cause emotional distress.
Answered by Sunshine - Fri Sep 19 13:55:59 2008

Some industrial pollutants can accidentally cause respiratory distress syndrome?
Q. Some industrial pollutants can accidentally cause respiratory distress syndrome (RDS) in workers nearby the source of pollution. Such pollutants normally destroy or inhibit a chemical normally found in the lungs. What is this lung chemical?
Asked by mellymellzzz - Sun Nov 16 13:32:14 2008 - - 1 Answers - 0 Comments

A. Here's the all you need to know about RDS:
Answered by mikeduptwo - Sun Nov 16 13:44:36 2008

Are these signs of my baby being in distress?
Q. I am 32 weeks pregnant and my baby is usually very active throughout the day. However I haven't really felt any movement since around 7 last night untilround 10 last night i felt like something had dropped from my stomach into my pelvic area. I didn't feel any movement from then until just now at 12 today and it's was just twice could this mean my baby is in distress? should i go to the hospital?
Asked by china - Fri Mar 20 13:07:45 2009 - - 8 Answers - 0 Comments

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Owen accepts apology and damages for defamation. - Lawdit Commercial Solicitors
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Owen accepts apology and damages for defamation.

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Owen's solicitor claimed that the timing of the publication (just before an important game) aggravated the player's distress and that the allegations were not put to Owen before publication. Express Newspapers has agreed to pay an undisclosed sum of ...

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Damsel in distress scammer victimizing New Bedford area businesses

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By Jennifer Lade / New Bedford Standard-Times A woman in her 30s walks into your small business. She is professionally dressed and has light brown hair. She has just moved to the area, she says, and has locked herself out of her house, ...
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The NY Times had an article recently that stated of the total of $7.7 trillion in loans and leases outstanding in the banking system, 7.75% show some signs of " distress ." That surpasses the prior high of 7.26% in the 1990-1992 time frame. ...

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Fri Jun 5 11:53:10 2009

Inky Impressions challenge #4... Distress it!!
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Inky Impressions challenge #4... Distress it!!

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Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:21:00 GM

This weeks challenge over at Inky Impressions Challenge Blog is to . DISTRESS. IT!!! I needed a gift card holder for my classroom assistant so I turned this challenge into a gift!!! I used LiLi's head only, and a template I got from Two ...

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A scary unknown for many children, the prospect of surgery can cause intense preoperative anxiety. While some amount of stress is normal, what many parents do not know is that extreme anxiety before surgery can contribute to the ...

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San fernando sun vets Protest VA Lease Policy Written by Andres Chavez, Sun Contributing Writer Wednesday, 17 June 2009 In a move reminiscent of.

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