Word: methodic
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...debate is not just academic. More and more people are seeking treatments for sex addiction that are modeled on those established for alcohol or drug dependency. Since Carnes opened the first inpatient sex-addiction treatment program in 1985, his method has been used with more than 1,500 patients. Four different nationwide support programs for sex addicts, patterned after Alcoholics Anonymous, boast a total membership...
Shelley Berman, who broke through to mainstream success, was in awe of Mike , Nichols and enamored of Elaine May. Nichols, a struggling Method actor from New York City, found his metier in improvised comedy and a partner, a lover and a nemesis in May. Everyone at the Compass played for laughs, but of all the hothouse talent there, only Nichols, May and a few others turned out to be playing for keeps. The Compass foundered in conflicting ideologies and ended in a welter of mangled egos and bad feelings. But it pointed the way to a kind of comedic theater...
...cited the diversification of the studentbody and faculty, the creation of the KennedySchool out of "a small office in Littauer" andeducation initiatives such as the Core Curriculumand New Pathways, the innovative Medical Schoolprogram that emphasizes the case study method overtraditional classroom instruction...
...luxurious palace surrounded by plump Punjabi bimbos and who likes to torture Muslims. The film, International Guerrillas, is doing boffo business in Pakistan, and its producers are negotiating to show the movie in -- of course -- Iran. Meanwhile, the man who plays Rushdie is getting a lesson in method acting: his portrayal of the author is so convincing he's now dodging death threats...
...said this method should be used only when "absolutely necessary...