Word: manias
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...decades, it appears that the abortion debates have been hijacked by alleged liberals looking to score political points at the expense of thousands of women who cannot afford what, we’re told, is a constitutional right. This one ruling sent the pro-choice contingent into feverish mania. Nevermind that partial birth abortions, otherwise known as dilation and evacuation (D&E), constituted a tiny percentage of abortions performed in this country...
...most recent centering on a paternity dispute involving her child. The results of a paternity test were due to be revealed yesterday, but instead left a frenzied media on tenterhooks until next week. It’s a shame she isn’t around to enjoy the mania, since meaningless fame was her raison d’être, but this foul death has given her life meaning as a farcical parable of ugly modern life...
...director off the lot. Partly as a result of the Sturges exile, Hutton's movies thereafter were mostly dreck, occasionally animated by her nutty novelties songs. The films are fairly summarized in these TIME reviews, most of them by Agee, wearing himself out to find new descriptions for Betty-mania...
...Republicans are in the mess they're in because they've followed Reagan's advice, not because they've ignored it. Today's budget deficits are the legacy of Reagan's tax-cut mania. Saddam Hussein's military might began growing with help from the Reagan Administration. Where would we be now if we had continued President Jimmy Carter's policies of investing in renewable energy rather than Reagan's policies of investing in the military? Journalists have a responsibility to base their work on realities, not myths. Cam Bauer, HAYWARD, CALIF...
...Thought to strike about 1% of adults, bipolar can look a lot like depression even to the trained eye. Though it's defined by almighty shifts in mood-from sad and hopeless to mania, in which irrational thoughts and impulses run amok - bipolar sufferers tend to spend much more time in an emotional black hole and may consult a doctor before they've experienced a high. In these cases, a misdiagnosis of depression happens a lot, says Malhi, and that's a problem because bipolar is "a totally different condition" requiring different treatment...