Word: manually
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...needs to be taken care of." Researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health began studying and defining the syndrome in the early 1980s; it received formal acceptance this spring, when it was included for the first time in the American Psychiatric Association's bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (Third Edition). Says NIMH Research Psychiatrist Norman Rosenthal, a pioneer in SAD studies: "People who suffer from depression are less able to cope with stresses that knock them out of equilibrium; they can't roll with the punches. We have now expanded that idea from psychological stresses...
...basis of Hitler's blitzkrieg; writers from Klopstock to Rilke, and so on. Lines signifying affiliation, as in a family tree (a whole family forest, in fact, this Teutoburg), ramble slackly between some of the characters. Pictorially, the result is a shambles, and one needs an instruction manual to decipher...
...abstractions and literary fun and games is not universally shared. And wordplay, no matter how winsome, does not travel well from one language to another. In any case, English-speaking readers can now examine Perec's most acclaimed book for themselves. At first glance, Life: A User's Manual looks every bit as good as the French have been saying it is for years...
...Nicaragua, former Contra Leader Edgar Chamorro returned to Managua under a government amnesty. Chamorro had been expelled by the rebels in 1984 after he made public a CIA training manual that encouraged the guerrillas to assassinate opponents. More unsettling for the contras was Miskito Leader Brooklyn Rivera's decision to travel to Managua for peace talks. The Sandinistas, who have mistreated the Miskitos for their dogged pursuit of autonomy, are now offering the Indians a separate peace...
Pavloff, who is the head teaching fellow for Math 21B, attributes his success in cooking to his manual dexterity, his ability to organize his thoughts, and his love of food. "You have to have those if you want to be a good cook," he says...