Word: elementals
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Conrad's early work is exclusively documentary (Three Thousand Years and Life, Cutting Up Old Touches), but with Dozens he moves into feature films. "Though most certainly a fiction feature, the film contains documentary elements. It is designed to make you think of your city and the people with whom you live. Your mind is frequently take off the fictional element by recognizing what is real." The film, the recipient of awards at film festivals around the world, was first released last April and has aired on national public television...
...element in the equation is Israel ?and the varied reaction of Israelis to Sadat's death underscored their confusion...
Sergeant Jones' arrival on Ward X leads to chaos--the reaction of "abnormals" to the presence of the "normal." Langtry, whom her patients regard as their property, falls in love with Jones. Jones, however, is "normal" and therefore a completely foreign element among the "troppos." Nurse Langtry's obvious attachment to him enrages the other patients, and secret plots and jealous machinations, leading to the murder of a patient, result...
Those questions are raised by the phenomenal growth of "entitlement" programs, including welfare, food stamps, school lunches, unemployment compensation and a congeries of others, the biggest by far being Social Security. Their common element is that they provide eligible recipients with guaranteed benefits. Once a citizen meets certain standards-falling below a specified income level, losing a job, simply turning 65 in th case of Social Security-he or she qualifies for a pension, a fre meal, a low-interest college loan or whatever it is that by law must be granted, regardless of the cost to the society...
...board-certified internist with an M.D. from Western Reserve and a Harvard Masters in public health, and a researcher in epidemiology (the study of risk factors contributing to the outbreak of epidemics)--spend many of his evenings singing with undergraduate men and women half his age? Is there an element of the Peter Pan syndrome at work here, an attempt to retain youth through proximity...