Word: commits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...cramps, diarrhea, vomiting and nerve spasms. Goose bumps cover his body; they make his skin resemble that of a plucked fowl and give the process its name in the U.S. Cold turkey is rarely fatal-the Japanese claim 100% survival for those treated in hospitals-but the urge to commit suicide can be strong...
...love: "Love is the most unnatural human emotion; although we have learned to transplant the human heart, we have not learned to transform it. Commit an unnatural act: love one another...
...some distress at the spectacle, the Boston Bar Association petitioned the SJC to act. Last week the SJC met once again and decided once more not to commit itself. It did hint that if the Bar Association formally requested Troy's disbarment, somebody might then be willing to fire him. All of which left the militant members of The People First somewhat frustrated. "Just look," said Mrs. Finn. "Troy's still on the bench...
...Kennedy would be out of consideration as a convention draft choice to break a deadlock between Hubert Humphrey and George McGovern. Anxiety about the infection of example led one official of the Democratic National Committee to comment: "After this, a Kennedy draft would be like asking a man to commit suicide...
...only patched back together by last December's currency realignments. At a conference of U.S. and foreign bankers in Montreal, he outlined a ten-point program that was the first statement by a high U.S. official of goals for a new money system. It does not commit American negotiators-Treasury Secretary John Connally would prefer that the U.S. build up a stronger balance of payments position before sitting down to parlay-but Burns called his speech "a pretty fair summary of the U.S. position." His main points...