Word: bunked
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...most touching of Kienholz's early works, the fiercest comes out of a job he briefly held in a California madhouse. Through the door of The State Hospital, 1966, you peer into a charnel house of the soul, in which an emaciated and filthy body lies on the lower bunk of a two-tier unit while his doppelganger lies on the one above, encircled by a neon thought balloon. He is the real patient's dream; there is no escape from the confinement and lunacy; one fortifies the other...
...University-issued beds are also a concern for couples. Some worry about rusty springs, others say it's impossible fit two people comfortably. And bunk beds are the worst...
Valentine's Day, one would expect, celebrates the loving legacy of some third century saint. Of course, like the rest of pop history, that's all bunk. The origin of Valentine's Day has nothing to do with Roman martyrs, arising--depending on who you believe--out of ancient myths that tell stories of suckling wolves or mating birds...
...would any respectable publisher choose to purvey this bunk? The answer, I'm afraid, is that bigotry sells books. New York City's Free Press has published a long list of first-rate works on political and social issues by writers from every point on the spectrum, yet so far the only blockbuster among them (with 400,000 copies in print) has been Charles Murray and Richard Herrnstein's The Bell Curve, which argues that blacks are genetically stupider than whites. On the jacket of D'Souza's latest, the Free Press high-mindedly says its publication will further expand...
...certain other cancer risks, patients on HRT can expect a much fuller, happier and healthier life. Those who say menopause is "natural" are entirely misinformed. It is much more natural to take hormones. As for the contention that there are financial incentives for doctors prescribing hormones, this is utter bunk. BRIAN PECK, M.D. Waterbury, Connecticut...