Word: isolationism
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Many if not most of Mitch's victims were youngsters--including not only those who drowned but also those whose malnourished bodies were no match for the deadly septic infections set free in the waters. Says Charles Compton, local head of Plan International relief organization: "We have to keep starvation...
Richman's new album is good, but it's not great. He pointlessly re-records some of his older songs. Some of the new songs are unexceptional and some are excellent; this is more or less the way it's been since 1972. In "Nineteen in Naples," Richman ruefully examines...
Tertiary associations are important, but they add little to a community's sense of spiritual cohesion. The same goes for other electronic means of bringing people together (like the new Harvard College Web site, or Pforzheimer House's chat room): they facilitate communication with our peers but with the initial...
The University of Cincinnati study found that problematic computer users tend to be most mesmerized by interactive pursuits--frequenting chat rooms and other multiuser domains, writing e-mail, surfing the Web, playing games. These can serve as a haven for workers from procrastination, boredom and feelings of isolation at work...
This afternoon the kids in the pediatric isolation ward have come together for something called Cell Mates. Most are bald and towing IV trees behind them as they gather. In Cell Mates they play games that help them come to terms with their diseases--with the blood cells that are...