Word: grossness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...symptoms are pale, patchy spots on the face, hands and feet. In the more contagious, lepromatous form, many microorganisms are present in the skin and in nasal secretions; patches and lumps can occur all over the body, and the facial lines tend to deepen. Leprosy does not usually cause gross mutilations. But it can cause a numbness of the hands and feet that leads to accidental burning or mutilation of extremities. This is a source of the myth that leprosy causes parts of the body to drop...
...Independent warrants the reprobation of the entire Harvard community, not just that of the Gay Students Association members who immediately--and rightly--blasted it. The suggestion by Edward L. Pattullo, director of the Center for Behavioral Sciences, that society should exert "negative social pressures to deter homosexuality, shows gross intolerance towards the gay community University officials should swiftly affirm that Pattullo's views are not Harvard...
...maintain, as Mr. Engelmayer does, that the GSA's calling for an investigation of the Center's position on this matter is a chilling threat to freedom of expression is such a gross distortion of the situation that I wonder if the GSA has indeed made the "impressive strides on this campus" which Mr. Engelmayer attributes to it. Andrew B. Herrmann...
Under Reagan's proposal, families with adjusted gross annual incomes of $50,000 or less would be allowed to take a tax credit up to $ 100 in 1983 for each child in private elementary or secondary schools, up to $300 in 1984, up to $500 thereafter. Families earning between $50,000 and $75,000 would be eligible for partial credits. Declared Reagan: "We are offering help to the inner-city child who faces a world of drugs and crime, the child with special needs, and to families who still believe the Lord's Prayer will do them less...
...magnitude of the growth has caught everybody by surprise," says Activision President Jim Levy, not without satisfaction. In 1979 Activision was launched with $700,000; it closed its books on fiscal 1982 sales of over $60 million. Game designers now often rate royalty agreements giving them 1% of gross sales, and over at Activision, each game comes with a prominent credit ("conceived and designed by Bob Whitehead"), along with the designer's picture and some personal pointers on gamesmanship. Says Atari President Raymond Kassar, who is chauffeured to his office in a cream-colored Mercedes: "We've always...