Overview. Chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS) is a debilitating disorder characterized by intense fatigue that cannot be cured with sleep. Mental and physical activities may cause your symptoms to worsen. When your fatigue cannot be linked to a specific cause, your doctor might classify your condition as CFS.
The boycott may be a form of reprisalâthat is, retaliatory measures against illegal actions on the part of a state. The USSR has used the boycott in response to actions by reactionary governments of capitalist countries.
The word boycott entered the English language because of a dispute between a man named Boycott and the Irish Land League in 1880. Captain Charles Boycott was a British Army veteran who worked as a landlord's agent, a man whose job was to collect rents from tenant farmers on an estate in northwest Ireland.