Word: inhumane
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...Carter became a city councilman, and Amanda did charity work. Then they moved into separate apartments. "Amanda has been linked with everybody but President Nixon," remarked Society Columnist Suzy, "and Carter has been linked with everybody but Golda Meir." Last week Amanda, 28, filed for divorce for "cruel and inhuman treatment." Carter, 30, replied: "I'm very surprised and disappointed...
...Amish believe that the schools are part and parcel of an inhuman competitive technological society, of which they will have no part...
...believe Peck to be a sincere man. When he says, "Since 1968, something in the world has been happening which is inhuman, that makes you unable to breathe the same air," he really means it. But he is the sort of man who leads his name to intentions alone, whether those of half-baked films or a half-baked American Film Institute (of which he is a Trustee). And too many roads to futility are paved by such good...
...hygiene. One example is New York's Willowbrook State School on Staten Island, where a cutback in state appropriations recently caused conditions to deteriorate to the crisis point (TIME, Feb. 14). Talking about the care in state custodial institutions generally, Willowbrook Director Jack Hammond says: "It's inhuman. We're treating the mentally retarded as if they have somehow offended society...
...ruled that the state cannot refuse to educate a child because he is mentally handicapped, and that decision is expected to encourage favorable decisions in suits now in preparation across the country. Federal Judge Frank Johnson Jr. in Alabama, citing the 14th Amendment, has struck a blow against the inhuman conditions in large institutions. His unusual decision last month laid down specific guidelines for upgrading services for both the mentally ill and the retarded...