Word: absently
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...some if not all cases, and the Amish present an ideal setting in which to test that hypothesis. Not only does bipolar behavior contrast sharply with the community's quiet ways, making it easy to diagnose, but a number of confounding factors that might contribute to such behavior are absent: alcoholism, drug abuse, unemployment, divorce and violence are extremely rare. In addition, the Amish have large families (seven children on average) and keep genealogical records worthy of Mendel. Best of all, they represent a closed genetic pool. All 12,500 Amish in Lancaster County are descended from...
...missives. I leafed quickly past the rejection letters from humor magazines whom I had told that I was a shoo-in for the presidency. They all tended to read the same: "Dear Mr. Oakley, you told us you were going to be president, but we hear that you were absent-minded and forgot where you placed $100,000 of Lampoon money. Thanks for your interest in our publication, but we don't care how prestigious your organization is. If you can't even massage enough buttocks to gain the presidency, we don't need you working for us. Thanks...
...Taxi Driver (Lowell House), a 1976 academy-award nominee directed by Martin Scorcese. The war in this film Vietnam, from which one Travis Bickle has just returned. Although Travis, played by Robert (fuckin') DeNiro, was not physically injured during his tour of duty, some essential mental functions are decidedly absent, as in, "lights on, nobody home." Having gotten a job as a cab driver, Travis has ample opportunity to observe the filth (animate and inanimate) that permanently infests New York City. Confronted with a grimy and desperate reality, the earnest hack prophesies: "Some day a good rain's gonna come...
...will notice when you turn the page, the "Moviegoer" column, a regular feature of this publication, is conspicuously absent this week. Blame it on the Oscars. You see, few films of any quality whatsoever are released around the time of the Academy Awards--coveted awards have notoriously short memories. Thus, in this fallow cinematic period, it not advisable to see any of Hollywood's newest offering. so why not stay home, indulge in your favorite beverage or other combustible, and read the rest of our magazine. Very carefully...
...finding jobs for welfare recipients -- teenage girls who drop out of school to have illegitimate children, to take the most stark example -- are immense. In the long run, money could be saved if a significant number of long-term welfare recipients could be placed in unsubsidized jobs and more absent fathers could be required to contribute to the support of children they have abandoned. But there is a problem: the additional billions it would initially cost to train and supervise welfare clients who are required to work, to supply day care for their children, and eventually to provide government jobs...