Word: institutionalize
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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The mechanics of a parody are to take off in the structure of an established, respected institution, and reduce it to the absurd. The Lampoon editors have used this formula, but only half-way. Their Newsweek cover is only distinguishable from the original magazine by the modest announcement: "A Harvard...
There was considerable doubt among Fred's superiors that he was worth the money. He spent most of his time with an inkwell on his chin, a pencil on his nose, and four or five books flying from hand to hand. When not so occupied, he would shatter the...
The Amazons. From the Scripps Institution of Oceanography at La Jolla, Calif., Dr. Carl Hubbs reported on a small fish called Molliensia formosa. It is a native of Mexico with an odd family tree.
¶ Unlike village and city people, isolated farm families often harbored and hid a psychotic to avoid his commitment to an institution.
¶ In the past six years, 207 had been committed to institutions; one out of every 23 inhabitants of the county would spend part of his life in a mental institution.