Word: bested
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Despite the best efforts of the Thais and international relief agencies, the aid being provided to the 80,000 Cambodian refugees who have reached Thailand is makeshift and inadequate. TIME Hong Kong Bureau Chief Marsh Clark last week visited a camp that had been hastily set up to care for 30,000 refugees at Sakaew, 40 miles west of the Cambodian frontier. Most of the refugees had taken shelter from blinding rainstorms in huts constructed of poles and plastic sheets; small blue tents had been set up for dozens of orphans. Field kitchens were preparing high-protein rice gruel...
...present case, the question is in what way the U.S. can best use its influence toward bringing about a cease-fire in the Western Sahara between Morocco and the Algerian-backed Polisario guerrillas, who want to establish an independent state in the area formerly ruled by Spain. Morocco's King Hassan II is pressing the U.S. to sell him the Bronco planes and Cobra helicopter gunships he feels he needs to continue the fight against the guerrillas. The U.S. State Department opposes the sale and cites a CIA assessment that Morocco cannot win the war against the Polisarios...
...about the deficiencies or skills of their colleagues. But most would rather give up their stethoscopes than publicly compare the relative abilities of their fellow physicians. Now, though, an enterprising medical writer, John Pekkanen, has enticed hundreds of doctors to rate some of their own. His new book, The Best Doctors in the U.S. (Seaview Books; $10.95), lists 2,500 of the nation's top specialists, judged so by their peers...
...embarked on this two-year project with a personal sense of need. Because of a congenital heart defect, he has been plagued for much of his life with health problems that require medical attention. But, he says, " felt I had often been steered to second-rate people." Seeking the best, Pekkanen mailed out questionnaires to 500 specialists, tallied the more than 300 replies, then conducted follow-up telephone or personal interviews. The key question asked each physician: "If you or a member of your family were ill with a problem in your own specialty, whom would...
Doctors have reacted to the book much as society matrons do to the best-dressed lists. Some are flattered to be included, while others believe that any such ratings are unseemly. Still others fear being swamped by would-be patients. But the greatest concern is expressed by those who believe they have been passed over...