Word: distressingly
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...With colleges and their attorneys struggling to develop emergency mental health protocols that clearly establish who can be told what information and when, many campuses are trying to improve awareness of-and responses to-early warning signs that a student may be in psychological distress. One focal point has been residential advisors (RAs), the older students or junior faculty members who live in dorms alongside students. The University of Nebraska at Lincoln has been implementing a policy where a mental health professional is placed as a live-in member of every dorm on campus. In addition, RAs are trained...
Patty and Grace are nobody's damsels in distress, but this is not a "TV discovers strong women" story. TV has had no shortage of female cops and young babes with superpowers (see NBC's Bionic Woman, this fall). Rather, TV has found women leads who are strong but also weak, like Dahlia Malloy (Minnie Driver) of FX's The Riches, a drug addict and ex-con (and current con artist). Or criminal but charming, like Mary-Louise Parker's pot-dealing widow in Showtime's suburban dramedy Weeds. Or sympathetic but scary, like Courteney Cox's rapacious gossip-magazine...
...time for Brazilian aviation. Last year, another major Brazilian airline faced tragedy, and revealed problems. After a Gol Airlines Boeing 737 collided with a private plane and plunged fatally into the Mato Grosso rainforest last September, investigators discovered that air traffic controllers were overworked and the system was in distress. Over the past month, epidemic delays, cancellations, and closings drew widespread media scrutiny and public attention...
...Untapped Potential While it is fascinating to see touch-screen technology used in the iPhone and other devices [June 25-July 2], a part of the population is greeting it with much distress: people who are blind. Equipping appliances such as microwaves and washing machines-not to mention voting machines-with touch screens will cause a "one step forward, two steps back" situation. If designers can figure out a way to not leave the blind behind, we can truly celebrate the technology of touch. Thomas J. Murphy, Bridgeport, Connecticut...
While it is fascinating to see touch-screen technology used in the iPhone and other devices [June 25], a part of the population is greeting it with much distress: people who are blind. Equipping appliances such as microwaves and washing machines--not to mention voting machines--with touch screens will cause a "one step forward, two steps back" situation. If designers can figure out a way to not leave the blind behind, we can truly celebrate the technology of touch...