Word: mentalities
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...will give these groups supple-mental funding so they can put on an event without financial strain," Weinberg said. "It opens up [funding] to groups not currently served by our grants process...
...Crimson needs its key players to continue to step up. With Tuesday's stellar performance, Harvard's mental edge seems to be razor sharp...
...take a look at that editorial page again. David W. Brown refers to Christopher Columbus as a "genocidal madman" (Dartboard, Oct. 12). Columbus massacred Arawaks because of his societal and personal beliefs, not because of mental illness. The term "mad" (not a medical term, but a common expression for "mentally ill") is arbitrarily applied to a variety of criminals, from terrorists to tyrants. This stigmatizes mental illness and inhibits our understanding of the individual's motivation. Many people would rather not believe that sane people can and do commit heinous acts. The majority of the mentally ill, as with most...
...percent of cases, mental disorders can be successfully treated. Often, the condition is not obvious and is known only to a few close relatives or friends, especially if a person is in recovery. It's entirely possible that a roommate or friend takes Zoloft or Prozac to control depression. My girlfriend does. It's also possible somebody you know takes Ventalin or Aerobid for asthma. When's the last time you heard a Ventalin joke? Mental illness is a disease, not a disgrace. Remember that. Tab>--Pete O'Connor...
...universe is attributed to the Big Bang, but where did the superdense mass that existed before the bang come from? Also, it has taken thousands of years for modern man to develop the computer. What took so long? Is today's high-tech engineer of a higher mental capacity than Aristotle, who, as you say, couldn't have conceived of the Hubble Space Telescope? Why? Perhaps we are governed by some extracelestial bodies that have a different time concept. Maybe for them 1,000 Earth years make up only one year or even a mere day. JOSEPH KON Tel Aviv...