Word: faubion
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...people who are ill and who can be disabled by this," says the NIH's Straus. "But the percentage is relatively small compared to the claims." Unfortunately for the victims, doctors have few treatments to offer. Stress reduction or sleeping pills may provide some relief. For now, says Gidget Faubion, who runs a 9,000-member support group for the afflicted that is based in Portland, Ore., most sufferers must learn to accept the severity of their condition. Says she: "If you don't change your attitude, you're going to make a suicide call to me within six months...
...criminal justice system. Two thousand protesters picketed outside the state capitol and the judiciary building. Last week Governor George Ariyoshi called on the Hawaiian legislature for a change in the state's rape law-in order to make future convictions easier. Even the mother of Robert Faubion, 17, one of the acquitted defendants, seemed to think her son deserved a jail term. Said she: "Justice is unreal...
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