Word: disconnectedness
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Because Nancy had left no such document, her parents had to prove that she would have wanted the tube disconnected. When the case was first heard in 1988, Judge Teel weighed the testimony of friends and family, then granted permission to remove the life-sustaining apparatus. Four months later, however...
Presented with a choice that makes them appear either selfish or selfless, many "silence" their distinctive voice. They become less confident and more tentative in offering their opinions -- a trait that often persists into adulthood. "We start to hear the breathy voice," says Gilligan. "After a while, they speak in...
Pons' disappearance comes just as the state of Utah is trying to decide whether it should continue to support a cold-fusion laboratory on which the state has already spent $5 million. And it hardly helps that there are reports that Pons' phone has been disconnected and his Salt Lake...
Abraham L. Wickelgren '91, of Quincy House, said he has had his phone disconnected twice this semester for no apparent reason. Kamran Rokhsar '94, of Straus Hall, said that the phone in his room would only take incoming calls for several days last week.
Network researchers suggest that viewers are just getting tired of pushing those buttons. Crazier things have happened. In 1975 Nielsen showed another alarming drop in viewership. Turned out the problem was the glue attaching the meters to the TV set. As the sets heated up, the glue cracked and the...