Word: coping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...early 1960s, when the N.C.A.A. created a handful of puppet federations in a blatant attempt to encroach on the A.A.U.'s fuzzily defined domain. The N.C.A.A.'s rationale is that the A.A.U. consists of a bunch of doddering old lettermen who are too inept to cope with modern, big-time athletic events. Many in the A.A.U. answer that the salaried coaches and athletic directors of the N.C.A.A. corrupt their youthful charges by paying them off with scholarships and dubious "fringe benefits...
Before educators are too certain of who is able to cope with dirty movies, they might examine some of the awkward positions they have been caught in during the past year...
...young person who finds it difficult to cope with society, who has an emotional problem or is a heavy user of drugs is a prime target for the tentacles of the Children of God. I know. I spent three months in England trying to persuade my 19-year-old sister to leave the cult. It is pathetic to look at a member of your family and realize that she spends her life in a dank, condemned warehouse with no gainful employment, begging for food and clothing, studying the Bible by day and witnessing for Christ by night...
...experience of the California housewife has become increasingly common as hospitals in growing numbers turn to outpatient (involving no overnight stay) surgery. That procedure, designed to cope with rising costs and the great demand for beds, was pioneered by the 258-bed Melrose-Wakefield Hospital in suburban Wakefield, Mass., which started its surgical "day care" program in 1969. Since then, outpatient surgery has become available in a growing number of hospitals around the country. In the greater Detroit area, for example, at least eight hospitals provide the service; eight more are planning to initiate it. Says Dr. Paul Lahti...
...cope with special writing problems there will be two tutorial sections in addition to programs offered by the Bureau of Study Counsel. The Expos tutorials will consist of one to one meetings of tutors and student to help alleviate problems or difficulties in writing...