Word: coping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...consequences of the inability of our Government to cope with the demands of coal miners may be the strongest argument yet for nuclear energy...
...showed greater emotional turmoil than those who were, as well as some declines in their IQ scores. But children who were seen at least occasionally by their real parents seemed far less troubled in their new settings. Conclude the researchers: "It is better for the child to have to cope with real parents who are obviously flawed ... than to reckon with fantasy parents who play an undermining role on the deeper level of the child's subconscious...
MEANWHILE, DR THORNDIKE, with the help of his old professor, Dr. Lillolman, tries to cope with his own particular neurosis--fear of heights known as High Anxiety. Montague and Diesel find out about his condition by chance, and the plot thickens into a conventional murder mystery, with comedy ostensibly subbing for the mystery. Thorndike is cleverly framed, but aided by the daughter of an imprisoned patient (Madeline Kahn), he shakes the police and manages to clear his name and even overcome the ravages of High Anxiety...
...Enrico Berlinguer: "The calculated, determined attack aimed against one of the most eminent figures of our political life marks a moment of extreme national gravity and a danger for the republic." Added Christian Democratic Deputy Luigi Granelli: "The kidnapers have a political goal-that of destabilizing the country." To cope with what he called "war against the state," Ugo La Malfa, leader of the centrist Republican Party, urged swift enactment of special repressive antiterrorist legislation...
...industrial world, yet whining fearfully that inflation is likely to result. The spectacle is compounded by the nation's refusal either to cut its $61 billion budget deficit (despite Jimmy Carter's pledge to do so) or to institute a tough wage-price policy to cope with the inflation threat...