Word: doctor
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...paper, then, the Dalai Lama is a living incarnation of a Buddha, the hierarch of a government-in-exile and a doctor of metaphysics. Yet the single most extraordinary thing about him may simply be his sturdy, unassuming humanity. The Living God is, in his way, as down to earth as the hardy brown oxfords he wears under his monastic robes, and in his eyes is still the mischief of the little boy who used to give his lamas fits with his invincible skills at hide-and-seek. He delights in tending his flower gardens, looking after wild birds, repairing...
...depicts the rebellion of a middle-aged New England WASP. Forty-two-year-old Sarah Worth abandons her tidy life as a doctor's wife in Boston to embark on a journey to Arizona to live in a Buddhist commune. Her house wife's adventure into a yoga class, initially for exercise and recreation, has introduced her to the teachings of Ahrat, a spiritual leader modeled after the Bhagwan Shree Rajneesh...
...more damaging argument than to refer to Stern as Dr. Stern. That used to be a title which commanded respect, not embarassment. Stern went through four years of undergraduate work, three years of medical school and a five year internship. Her schedule used to be organized around becoming a doctor. And now Dr. Stern. asked Mrs. Whitehead-Gould's lawyer, you will never again work full time? Dr. Stern, you will give up your career for Melissa? Why of course...
...English system has important benefits for students who have clear career plans. For example, a person who wants to be a doctor can "go straight into medicine at 18 and qualify at 23-24," Chirgwin says. "We're more specialized in high school. You decide at 16 what your future...
...This virus is rampant," says Dr. Stephen Curry of the New England Medical Center in Boston. "If it weren't for AIDS, stories about it would be on the front page of every newspaper." The doctor is referring to a fast-spreading blight that afflicts millions of Americans, including more and more teenage girls. Caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV), it is sexually transmitted, sometimes painful and often incurable. Its chief symptom in both men and women is genital warts, which frequently occur after infection...