Word: fathoming
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Lost Legs. Glasser's chronicles begin at Zama, where the doctors were surrounded by adolescents whose bodies, for no purpose that they could fathom, had been suddenly mutilated. "They were worried," Glasser observed, "not about survival, but about how they would explain away their lost legs. Would they embarrass their families? Could they go to the beach and would their scars darken in the sun and offend the girls. Above all, and underlining all their cares, would anybody love them when they got back...
...Revival. For these VIPs, the acupuncturists used only their traditional methods. For many Chinese patients, the doctors now show greater daring. They use acupuncture as the only apparent anaesthetic for surgery, including heart operations. Western minds cannot fathom how this can possibly work...
...year history, Homo sapiens has found it harder to fathom the depths of his mind than to unlock the secrets of his body. But the discoveries of molecular biology may well show the way to a new comprehension; they may make it possible, through genetic engineering, surgery, drug therapy and electrical stimulation, to mold not only the body but also the mind...
...President's Viet Nam policy. They are part of a "misguided movement-an ultraliberalism that translates into a whimpering isolationism in foreign policy, a mulish obstructionism in domestic policy, and a pusillanimous pussyfooting on the critical issue of law and order." Later he said: "How do you fathom the thinking of those who work themselves into a lather over an alleged shortage of nutriments in Wheaties, but who cannot get exercised at all over a flood of hard-core pornography...
...seek tragedy, but it lies in wait for them when they least expect it. They pursue fame, fortune and glory. They strive to found dynasties, subdue the earth, fathom the depths of the sea and the limits of space. In an instant of high-arching pride as men vault to these ambitious goals, fate fells them, and they return to the dust from which they came. The ancient Greek tragedies are cautionary tales of how men incur the wrath of the gods by trying to be gods...