Word: abandoned
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...unashamed overacting of its cast save The Visit from being monotonous. From the flat-footed scenes where drably dressed women and shirtless men dance without grace (but with much abandon) to the nasal singing of the town choir, the paucity of the acting will enchant...
...writes that he is on the brink of a decision to abandon the ROTC shield from the draft: "I am about resolved to go to England come hell or high water and take my chances." He is not referring to the risk of being run over by a double-deck bus on the Oxford High Street...
...Some abandoned patients are merely frail and suffer from the complications of chronic diseases such as diabetes. But more are clearly demented. They show up in emergency rooms with acute problems like dehydration. Elderly people who live alone are sometimes so desperate for help that they in effect abandon themselves. Others are dumped not by relatives but by landlords and even household employees. In Greenville, N.C., a 65-year-old alcoholic woman materialized on the doorstep of the Pitt County Memorial Hospital after she was shoved out of a car by a fed-up and weary maid...
...understanding of it is that Dr. Bean-Bayogsought numerous consultations on this case," saidDr. Ralph Engle, former president of the BostonPsychiatric Society. "[Bean-Bayog] was told onmany occasions that she shouldn't abandon herpatient because he was suicidal," Engle told TheGlobe...
GERIATRIC SUPERSTARS should all take a cue from Walter Payton, a good example of the right way to end a career. When your skills start to abandon you, call it a career, tool around the neighborhood in your Lambourghini and let the world remember you as the truly gifted performer you were. These guys should realize that they are ruining the image they created in their youth. The Muhammad Ali of today...