Word: mentality
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...citywide debate and at least one federal probe. Said Maxine Smith, executive secretary of the Memphis chapter of the N.A.A.C.P.: "The police did not go into the house to apprehend, but to kill." Ray Maples, president of the Memphis Police Association, countered angrily: "I think [these critics] are all mental cases...
...unemployed laborer, sparked a national furor 6½ months ago when he wandered into Queen Elizabeth II's Buckingham Palace bedroom for an early-morning chat. After several court appearances, he was sent to a maximum-security hospital for psychiatric treatment. Pagan was freed last week by a mental health review tribunal on the grounds that he no longer posed a danger to others. Many Britons thought otherwise. Conservative Member of Parliament Sheila Faith had one word for the decision: "incomprehensible...
...current recession, its origins, and its impact. The result is a sobering--if somewhat jargon-laden--account of the effects of factory closings on working people. In shocking detail, the two economists show that high unemployment has led not only to desperate migration, but also to poor mental health, higher infant mortality rates, and community disintegration...
Cornell Coach Landa Lerch felt her team had a "mental lapse" during the first half of play but that in the second half it made some successful adjustments against the Crimson defense that almost won the Big Red the game...
Clark's mental progress, however, has not kept pace with his physical recovery. Though often able to converse with family members and doctors, Clark suffers frequent bouts of confusion. One hospital staff member reports that the patient sometimes thinks that he is still a dentist back in Seattle. Though tests have not detected any brain damage, Clark's confusion probably stems from seizures he suffered one week after the implantation of his artificial heart. Utah doctors have conceded that there may have been an imbalance in the supply of fluids, and salts that Clark received. A proper balance...