Word: casualities
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Experts who work with the mentally ill are especially concerned about the misinformation spread by the jokes and casual use of medical terms. When TIME uses the word schizophrenic to describe internal conflict within the Republican Party, the metaphor perpetuates a misunderstanding, as does a New York Times article describing the hyena's laughlike calls as "psychotic in pitch." Schizophrenia, a brain disorder whose symptoms can include hearing voices, has nothing to do with multiple or "split" personalities. Psychotic refers to a period of severe, treatable and often terrifying disorientation...
...during the past decade, scientists across a broad range of disciplines have had a change of heart about love. The amount of research expended on the tender passion has never been more intense. Explanations for this rise in interest vary. Some cite the spreading threat of AIDS; with casual sex carrying mortal risks, it seems important to know more about a force that binds couples faithfully together. Others point to the growing number of women scientists and suggest that they may be more willing than their male colleagues to take love seriously. Says Elaine Hatfield, the author of Love...
...retreat for Rzewski into purely personal and aesthetic realms, though not a mellowing of his characteristically passionate musical language. None of the three pieces on the program had a discernable social purpose in tow, but Rzewski did make a point of eschewing the traditional tuxedo in favor of a casual shirt and pants...
...BOTTOM LINE: A casual manner belies a bright satirical intelligence in a short, sharp period comedy...
...school bus. Other beautiful people got to exercise their cynicism. One dissed the Tennessee Ball: "It was like every bad wedding you've ever been to rolled into one." Hillary's dowdy hat and Republican-style cloth coat were subjected to many a jape: "She'll be the first Casual Corner First Lady." How very catty the talk was, and how very '50s. Listen up: the woman is just too hip to bother trying to be chic...