Word: minding
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Aldo Moro was a man of peace, patiently endeavoring to bring some semblance of order to strife-torn Italy. His death [May 22] brings to mind the words of George Bernard Shaw at the time of the assassination of Mahatma Gandhi: "This shows how dangerous it is to be too good...
...these days, and it typified the tone of Brzezinski's three-day visit to Peking. Filled with good will and banter, the talks nevertheless carried a strong and serious anti-Soviet message. Brzezinski tried to keep this theme from raising Soviet anxieties too high, but he did not mind lifting them a little. "I do not want to suggest that there was congruity or the shaping of some sort of alliance," he carefully explained after his return to Washington. "But there was a recognition of a certain parallelism of interest...
...syrup. Even before the pain begins to be extreme, the mix is given in relatively small quantities at various intervals around the clock. This helps allay the fear of pain and reduces the amount of drugging necessary to control it. One desired result: to keep the patient's mind as clear as possible...
...ends like some monstrous pseudopodia of amoebae. This biomorphis is a common feature of the works--the fusion of natural and artificial objects is like that of Jean Arp, the founder of the Zurich Dada movement who later associated with both Surrealists and Abstractionists. "Le Samourai" brings to mind one of the anthropomorphisizing and metamorphosizing images of Arp: "A stone voice face to face and foot to foot with a stone glance." The thick black strokes are superimposed on a square of purple that shades into red. There is one blue and one yellow...
Disabled people are often asked to explain what is "wrong." This can be particularly offensive when asked out of the context of a conversation or when first being introduced to someone. I am not first and foremost disabled. Most people do not mind being asked about their disability when the subject comes up naturally. In those situations I prefer letting people who are curious know "what happened." They seem to feel more at ease when they understand why I am in a wheelchair...