Word: conscious
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...evening never degenerated into a self-conscious, self-congratulatory benefit of the sort Live Aid has taught us to expect. Even the finale, a Live-Aid-style chorus line, maintained the show's dignity. With a better song (the classic pop tune Lean On Me) and little jockeying for favorite microphones, the Jazz For Lifers put on a showcapper that closed an uplifting evening on an uplifting note...
...then the African night, which, more than elsewhere, seems an abnegation of the conscious world. MMBA, "miles and miles of bloody Africa," and it all falls into black magic void...
...feeding tubes, usually inserted into the stomach directly or through the nose. The claim that such patients -- or proxies acting on their behalf -- have the right to halt nutrition was endorsed a year ago by both the American Medical Association and the American Bar Association. Seriously debilitated but conscious patients who are unable to swallow are claiming the same right. Last month a Colorado court granted a no-feeding request from a patient who was conscious but paralyzed from the neck down. He died two weeks...
...smoking." Carnes helped persuade the commercial air carriers to begin segregating smokers in the early '70s. In 1973 she spearheaded a movement that prodded the Arizona legislature to pass the first state law limiting smoking in public places. "The time was right," she says now. "People were becoming health conscious. Only thing was, the majority of the nonsmokers were afraid to speak . out; they thought they were in the minority...
...sales attract some shoppers to stores where they might not ordinarily shop, say retailers. "There are definitely people that don't ordinarily shop here coming in," says Urban Outfitters Womens Clothing Manager Eileen V. Waters. "People that are more fashion conscious might not buy some of our lowest priced sale items," she adds...