Word: deal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...despite threats from the right wing of his own party to torpedo his presidential ambitions. He persuaded Senate Republicans to support Carter's proposal on plane sales to the Middle East, and outraged the powerful Jewish lobby. Last week, smarting from the blows he received over the plane deal, Howard dropped in at the White House for a chat with Jimmy. "Mr. President," he said with a grin, "I'm tired of doing the right thing...
...medical establishment is with the idea of fighting at all costs for the prolongation of life, it is naturally geared to hope of success rather than the fact of failure. Once it becomes apparent that an illness is terminal, conventional medicine often seems unequipped, untrained and even unwilling to deal with death. It is mainly nursing homes-which are often dreary, costly and isolated from the rest of society -that seem ready to shoulder that inevitable human burden. As British Historian Arnold Toynbee once noted, it is almost as if "death is un-American...
Today, in a remarkable turnabout, a growing number of Americans have begun looking for a better way of dealing with the dying. In their search they have reached back to the Middle Ages, when religious orders established hospices (derived from the Latin word for guest) to care for travelers as well as ailing and dying pilgrims. Within the past few years, 130 groups have organized hospice programs, and about 20 institutions recognized by the newly formed National Hospice Organization (N.H.O.) are operating in the U.S. Unlike the way stations of the past, the present-day hospices provide more than attentive...
...Board is a group of senior tutors and deans and nonstudents who arbitrarily deal out punishments--it's a medieval system that dictates to the students," the student added...
...there are situations in which it is difficult for a disabled individual to initiate a request for assistance. A blind person, for example, may not be able to judge accurately when to cross the street, especially at unusually shaped intersections or when there is a great deal of confusing noise. A guide dog isn't much help here; it is trained not to cross the street but rather to stop at the curb and wait for its master's next command. In a situation where it is hard for a blind person to discern when to cross a street...