Word: bed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Just behind the movers who carried out the Fords' personal belongings were household workers who put the presidential living quarters in perfect order for the Carters. With each day, the Ford presence shrank, until there was nothing left but their luggage and their bed. At breakfast with 75 aides and Cabinet members on the final morning, Ford circulated around the State Dining Room, thanking each person individually. When Vice President Nelson Rockefeller declared that "this is the proudest moment of our lives," a wave of applause washed over the room. Said Ford in response: "You all contributed...
...plight of Bed-Stuy is extreme but easily recognizable to any big-city mayor in the region. After trimming its payroll by 20% over the past two years, New York City must make additional cuts to meet Mayor Abraham Beame's promise of a balanced budget by June 30, 1978. New York Governor Hugh Carey this week will announce details of a further squeeze in public services to keep the state solvent...
...William Curreri, director of the new 24-bed burn facility at New York Hospital-Cornell Medical Center, points out that only a generation ago the chances of survival were minuscule for anyone with burns over as much as a third of his body. Says he: "Today, 30% is considered a readily treatable burn in skilled hands. Even if a young, healthy person has burns over three-quarters of the body, his chances of survival are about 50%." A major reason for this remarkable improvement is the emergence of a whole new branch of medicine. A few years ago, only...
...headlines: I'LL STILL SHARE A TENT WITH SHARON; GREEN-EYED SEX FIEND IS HUNTED; APACHE STRIP PUTS PARSON ON WARPATH?a story about a male entertainer named Apache who stripped off his clothes while performing at a women's bingo party to raise money to buy a water bed for a priest...
...have to say is, 'Dear God, may I never have to be a patient.' " As expected, many of the nays came from those employed by nursing homes, already the subject of widespread criticism. But there was also a surprising number of negative responses from small (under 200-bed) hospitals, traditionally thought to be the models of tender, loving care. Reported a nurse from one of these vest-pocket institutions: "Our emergency room has been known to call in a certain dentist for some cases when they can't reach...