Word: medicina
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With the shortage of modern drugs, herbal medicines -- Cuba produces 300 different types -- are making a vigorous comeback. "People used to say only witches and the uneducated used herbs, but as times and politics have changed, we have turned to medicina verde," says Dr. Majmud Gomez, a family doctor in Pinar del Rio. He uses herbal preparations to treat a variety of conditions, from parasites to a problem caused by the soap shortage, an itch for which he prescribes a pomade made from the majagua tree...
...when Ugo, the engineer, is shown, we enter the factory for interior shots or else view particular pieces of apparatus outside. As Giuliana and Corrado begin to fall in love and Giuliana begins to open herself up to the world again, Antonioni takes us to the radar installations at Medicina, where the tall masts stand bare along the level landscape. But lest we suspect that Giuliana has become disoriented, the director uses a small black shack as a focal point, the same way a painter might have used it, to keep us from any sensation of dizziness...
Over one-fourth of this year's seniors do not have definite occupational plans yet, the survey shows. Law, medicina and manufacturing and production are the most popular choices for those who are fairly sure of their future careers. The placement office found, however, "that most men change their plans at least once before they settle on a course of action...
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