The Pocket Encyclopaedia Of
Aggravation, by Laura Lee, (PS10, Octopus) is a guide to all the things that get our goat, from biscuit mush at the bottom of your cuppa and elbow wars on public transport to ludicrous T&Cs you blindly agree to each time you sign up for something online.
Dad-of-one Chisholm - who has previous breach of the peace convictions with religious and sexual orientation
aggravations - last month admitted acting in a racially aggravated manner in February 2014.
According to him, new
aggravations are possible if the two parties do not reach a compromise.
Airlines might do better to reduce the nickel-and-dime
aggravations, and just charge a higher fare upfront.
The English version of this vibrant and eclectic journal reflects its manifesto: "No other work of art that I know of deals with the
aggravations we face every day so straightforwardly and with such liberating humor" The first volume includes poems, short stories, a fictional diary, an interview, and a manga inspired by Kafka.
Other banks and companies in the area neglect and throw their employees on the streets to find parking, which causes traffic delays, unnecessary car scratches in addition to
aggravations leading to aggressive driving.
It's true that as we grow older, many
aggravations that we used to take seriously seem to lose edge ("Older but Mellower: Aging brain shifts gears to emotional advantage," SN: 6/24/06, p.
Although the diagnosis of MS was not made until August 1999--more than four months after her effective date of coverage--the insurer concluded that McLeod had "received medical care for manifestations, symptoms, findings or
aggravations relating to or resulting from multiple sclerosis during the 90-day period prior to her insured effective date of April 1, 1999." McLeod sued the insurer, claiming that she had not received treatment for MS during the look-back period because the MS had not yet been diagnosed.
The new rule requires the recording of
aggravations of previously existing injuries.
Even if you enjoy perfect health you can almost guarantee that a family holiday will bring on a spate of minor - even major -
aggravations, from funny tummy to cuts, bruises, insect bites and allergies.
The coverage we did get of this extraordinary outpouring of worker resistance and solidarity cast the French strikers as spoiled, greedy, and myopic, unwilling or unable to grasp the consequences of maintaining an "overburdened state sector." Despite the gridlock and other major
aggravations, the strikers enjoyed the support of 62 percent of the population, a level of sympathy the Times described as "baffling."
