Word: infantalizing
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...truth universally acknowledged that an infant media-distribution network in possession of a large audience must be in want of a way to cash in on it. Case in point: the World Wide Web, the interconnected computer universe that teems with affluent consumers whose only means of spending money online is to surrender their credit card to insecure networks--hardly a recipe for success...
...government campaign to warn the public of the malign effects of tobacco smoking, for example, has caused millions of people to change long-ingrained habits. An intensive campaign to improve the quality of prenatal and obstetric care--and to get the word out to expectant mothers--has greatly cut infant-mortality rates. Improvements in emergency care, hospital methods and community safety standards have also done their part...
...chats with the young mother, the doctor flicks a cotton swab into the mouth of her infant son, collecting a small sample of mucus from inside his cheek. In the back room of his office, he inserts the sample into a machine, which extracts DNA from the mucus cells and compares it with the genetic material on a dime-size chip. Minutes later, a computer printer begins to spit out a list of the infant's genes. Fortunately, all but a few of the genes are labeled "normal." It is those few that the doctor discusses as he explains...
...gobs, leaving the baby dangerously exposed to infection. Viewing a high-resolution picture of the youngster sent to the hospital and displayed on a PC, Weiss is able to diagnose the condition, known as lamellar ichthyosis, and suggest a treatment. "It was pretty horrendous," he says of the infant's condition. "But we were able to tell them what it was and how to treat it without having to transfer the baby...
...Clinton seemed likely to join the long list of one-term Presidents. He had become an object of derision, a chubby, drawling, waffling figure of fun. He had already set in place the single policy most responsible for his ultimate re-election--the deficit-reduction measures that gained the infant Administration credibility with the financial markets, which in turn helped the economy purr along. But his attempt to reform the nation's health-care system had split the country and overshadowed everything else, allowing the G.O.P. to portray him successfully as classically liberal and thereby capture Congress...