Word: instructed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other fat fad to incur the displeasure of the A.M.A. is "staplepuncture," which is based on the theory - so far unconfirmed - that there are "obesity nerve endings" in the ear. Doctors who practice the art place surgical staples in their patients' ears and instruct them to wiggle the metal clips with their fingers whenever they feel like cheating on the 400-calorie-per-day diet that accompanies the treatment...
Graham referred to City Councilor Alfred E. Vellucci, who last week submitted an order in the City Council to instruct the city manager and city rent control board to decontrol rents on all apartments that become vacant...
When I mentioned his name I was told there was turmoil in Chile. I then asked the department to instruct Ambassador Davis to come back in whatever 48-hour period he thought was least likely to cause difficulty, and he himself chose that weekend...
...Third World committee has also called on Bok to have the institute sponsor workshops and summer research programs in order to maintain ties to the Harvard black community, another good suggestion. The University has the chance to establish an institute that could instruct and enrich the academic lives of black students at Harvard, and it shouldn't create instead a remote, pure-research institute that will help only the scholars who work...
...What just about breaks the heart is that while the nation lies wounded and confused, the President of the U.S. still thinks, in his fantastic arrogance, he need do nothing more than barnstorm, nothing more than instruct his "children" in speeches that are not only embarrassingly transparent but absolutely enraging in their efforts to persuade us dumb (expletive deleted...