Word: better
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...opposed to the far more serious proposals from Pundit Lippmann for an independent TV network, devoted to "civilized entertainment," and the Christian Science Monitor's plea for a network modeled roughly on the British Broadcasting Corp. Both the noncommercial BBC and the British commercial ITV probably give a better balance of educational and entertainment programs than do U.S. networks. But as soon as Britain's commercial channel went into business three years ago, its lower-brow fare began to take the bulk of Britain's "telly" viewers away from BBC. To meet the competition, BBC itself...
...role of the patient is to be sick.' If he senses that we expect him to be suicidal, or try to get away, or to be violent, he will oblige us. The open door is a symbol of our new-found belief that we expect patients to get better. It is only a symbol and not a panacea. It must be used in combination with every other form of treatment we know...
...more doors and taking bars off windows, Dutchess neighbors were worried that AWOL patients would commit sex offenses or crimes of violence. In two years, there has been no such incident. Now Dr. Hunt challenges civic groups: "What Dutchess County community of more than 5,000 people has a better record than that...
...will take a generation or more to clear the state hospitals of the backlog of patients permanently crippled by old-time procedures that, far from making them better, helped to make them worse. But seclusion rooms are being converted into kitchenettes and beauty parlors; camisoles and straps are disappearing. Shock treatment is seldom used, and only for selected patients. Though admission rates are rising, release rates are rising faster, so that in many states there is a net decrease in the numbers of mentally ill confined to hospitals...
...other astronomical instruments are far behind U.S. instruments. The Russians' biggest optical telescope is a 50-in. reflector that they took from the Germans after World War II. They are building a 104-in. reflector and designing a 200-incher. Their radio telescopes are good, but no better than those of France or Holland...