Word: cation
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...life based on sheer willp ower. Injured in a car accident just over a year ago that left him unable to speak, eat or move unassisted, a condition known as Locked-In Syndrome, Bauby refused let the accident defeat him. Working with therapists, he devised a system of communi cation with his left eyelid based on the frequency of letters used in French words. After a short time, Bauby could blink his way through any conversation. He set up the Locked-In Syndrome Association, an organization that tries to help those who suff er from the condition and their families...
...There seemed to be a de-amplifi- cation of politics this year," Gideonse says. "There was no BGLSA response to the AALARM [Association Against Learning in the Absence of Religion and Morality] posters. The BGLSA response to Colin Powell took a long time and wasn't very forceful...