Word: mental
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...star's body and worked hard at punishing that body with all-life binges of alcohol, drugs and heavy sex. "I'm rich and famous, smart and pretty," he must have mused. "Now how can I screw it up?" He did so by speeding up the physical and mental decay that aging forces on mere mortals. Like his hero Rimbaud, he raced death to the finish line. When he died in 1971, at 27, he was ravaged, depleted, spent. But for a few years Morrison was Satan's seraph -- the golden stud of '60s rock...
...Governor has calmly proposed putting everything from zoos to skating rinks into private hands, firing 6,200 of 63,000 state employees, forcing the state government's entire remaining work force to take 10 days of unpaid leave before July, shutting down 18 of 37 motor-vehicle offices, closing mental-health hospitals, abolishing the board of regents and making the elderly count their homes as assets in qualifying for Medicaid nursing-home care...
...like it. It mellows us out," says Betty-Jo Matzinger, a graduate student at the Education School. Her friend, Naomi Dogan, also a graduate student at the Ed School, agrees. "It helps me with my breathing and working out the physical kinks I get from mental crunching," she says. "It is a great one-hour escape from the chaos of life...
During a routine checkup two weeks earlier, Shawntea was found to have a level of 25 micrograms of lead per deciliter of blood. If that toxic level is maintained, it could affect her mental capabilities and result in grave behavioral and physical problems. "She was living in raggedy housing and eating plaster from a big hole in the wall," says her grandmother, who accompanied her. To Dr. Needleman, that is an important clue; it is likely that some of the earlier coats of paint on the wall contained lead. "Make sure she washes her hands before she eats," he says...
Many children's rights advocates, mental health professionals and terrified guardians say the no-exception policy is unconscionable. Experts are worried that children who lose both parents may suffer mental trauma, including deep feelings of grief and abandonment, and serious psychological problems in later life...