Word: feds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...years before the action begins, the boy, Shelley Solomon (Evan Handler), had quit his pre-med studies to join the cult of the Unified Congregation. From a temple of that cult, Shelley has vituperatively proclaimed that his divorced "earth parents" are dead and that "I am fed by the flame of the Holy Essence...
...some equally negative descriptive. One must account for those who are turned--off by experiences in organized activities. They see too many leaders whose motives are unclear, whose techniques are questionable, whose concern seems insincere and whose understanding of the issues is severely limited. They see followers who are fed simplistic answers to a few selected questions: followers for whom actions not only speak louder than words, but have relegated words and the thoughts behind them to a servile role. They see not thinking people, but programmed automations and they see them on both sides. Just how valuable can actions...
...nose, cannot be closed until the facial bones have grown. This may take a year or more. That period can be trying for both parents and child. First there is the shock of the baby's disfigurement. In addition, affected infants cannot suck normally; they must be fed in an upright position, often with an eyedropper or milk-soaked sponge. They also tend to remain hospitalized longer than normal newborns and grow less quickly. Later they may have speech problems...
...prove to be the best option. At Elmhurst City Hospital, in Queens, N.Y., Dr. Jerome Markowitz has been custom fitting cleft-palate babies with what he describes as an "overextended denture without teeth." The plate allows infants to be given an ordinary bottle or even to be breast-fed in a normal position. Markowitz tries to get the device into place within 24 hours after birth so that the baby will not consider the object foreign. It takes him about an hour to make an impression of the baby's mouth and craft the appliance in quick-setting acrylic...
Asked at his press conference two weeks ago whether Americans are really better off today that before he took office. Reagan observed that the rate of inflation has dropped to just more than 4 percent since his inauguration. The reason, he suggested, was simple: the Fed's commendable tight-money policy and the federal government's newfound fiscal responsibility...