Word: cures
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...hard to live with a recurring vision of nuclear ruin, and yet, repressing the evidence of danger, like taking aspirin for a tumor, provides relief perhaps, but no cure. Once the danger is faced, we either place our faith in the system of nuclear deterrence or else find steps away from it. The first appears increasingly perilous, especially when present trends are projected even a decade (ten years ago we had no long-range missiles, no fusion bomb...
...still taken first to a diviner, on the theory that no white doctor could solve the "illnesses of the people." Barker has considerable respect for the sincerity of the witch doctors, who regard their vocation as divinely inspired-but very little for their knowledge. One of them tried to cure Barker's hay fever with a mysterious, gagging brew that "tasted like a Scottish peat bog." It didn't work, Barker adds...
This article was of especial interest to me, since my wife suffers from "imaginary opulence." I would therefore very much appreciate obtaining information regarding any research work that is being done to find a cure for this affliction...
Arcaya in demanding vengeance in the form of tough sanctions. Though he too supported punishment, U.S. Delegate Christian Herter looked ahead to suggest a cure for ending the Trujillo dictatorship altogether: a special committee of the OAS that would oversee a free election to establish democracy in the Dominican Republic...
...become a member of a four-man syndicate (another member: Bing Crosby) that bought the ailing Pittsburgh Pirates. Four years later he got control (70%), took over as president and brought in Branch Rickey as general manager. Rickey signed up hundreds of young players, but the cure was slow. In the past decade the Pirates have usually finished way down, and Galbreath tossed in $1,500,000 to make up losses. This year things are different. At week's end the Pirates were in first place, four games ahead. Galbreath is happy, but not too surprised. That...