Word: breakdown
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...illness with a raft of possible symptoms, from irritability to hypersexuality. Moore theorizes that "psychosocial stressors" in Mary's life--the most crucial being the news of her father's cancer--tipped a disorder that had been mild and all but unnoticed into depression followed by a nervous breakdown. "I think she was very interested in this boy, and she had often extended relationships with students after school," Moore says. "But by [June 1996], she was overly elated, highly revved up and nearly delusional." Moore notes, "The father had always been the man in her life--and even the husband...
...analyzing the breakdown of theland-for-peace formula and the chances for atwo-state solution, Ashrawi directed sharpcriticism at United State intervention in theMid-East, accusing the nation of an overtpro-Israel bias...
...database in the sky with everyone?s prints in it,? said a spokeswoman for the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse in San Diego. Banks, on the other hand, see dollar signs: They lose around $600 million in fraudulent checks every year. But most customers, like Taussig, simply see a breakdown in trust. Whether his case will give banks a big thumb in the eye is now in the hands of a Berkeley area judge...
MCAT, Mention this acronym to any pre-med (you'll probably have to go to the library to find one) who is taking the grueling, eight-hour test in four days, and you will likely be met with snarls, nervous laughter, or perhaps, an emotional breakdown...
...people I know who were always right about character. Her politics came out of that unerring evaluation. Her ethical standards made her a human being far ahead of her time. She saw activism as the most important solution to improving the world, which she believed was suffering a nervous breakdown. "People should reach inside themselves and claim their right to equality," she would say. Of course, she was a feminist, but more than that, she was a humanist who fought against the pain, isolation and oppression that she felt women had experienced...