Word: ills
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Sanders is in contention, although (as Sanders admits) voters who try to discern sharp ideological distinctions between him and Gantt will be disappointed. As a result, the primary race is mainly a battle of images. Gantt, who grew up poor, lards his campaign speeches with inspirational stories about his ill-educated, hardworking father (a mechanic) and his "Mama [who] fed us values." Sanders, who taught medicine at Harvard, ran Massachusetts General Hospital, became vice chairman of Squibb Corp. and later CEO and chairman of the giant pharmaceutical company Glaxo, presents himself as a serious, concerned authority figure...
...said in retreat. On the Republican right, and not just there, they think Clinton mesmerized Gingrich in the December balanced-budget talks. Any deal Dole might bring back to the skeptical freshmen would probably be sneered at. And that would be a catastrophic exposure of weakness that Dole could ill afford...
What begins as an accepted practice sanctioned by law can easily turn into an obligation, as society comes to expect what it at first merely tolerated. The logical next step: the old and seriously ill will feel pressured to request euthanasia rather than burden their families with ever rising medical or nursing-home costs. Unscrupulous heirs could take advantage of a law legalizing euthanasia to accelerate their inheritance. How fitting if the generation that ushered in these changes became the first to succumb to them on a grand scale. Our fragile civilization is grounded on Judeo-Christian ethics, which uphold...
...seems like you are using UHS to confirm your suspicions [about supposedly mentally ill students]," Simons said...
...comfortable with the ill-defined definitions [of medical conditions and the dean's decision-making process] if students have a guaranteed appeal," Simons said...