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...decade ago, many a panic-disorder patient ended up as a tragic, misunderstood recluse. But today panic disorder is one of the most treatable mental illnesses. Studies have shown that 70% of patients benefit from cognitive behavioral therapy, which includes breathing training, "cognitive restructuring" and "exposure therapy." Most patients can be helped by short-acting antianxiety drugs such as Xanax and long-acting antidepressants such as desipramine and imipramine...
...final move to swing the pendulum back to the pitcher would be to abolish the oft-misunderstood infield fly rule. I realize there are reasons why it's there, but if it were gone it would make the game that much more interesting, at times comically so. Think about...
Recently Morris has been coming out of the shadows to claim his share of credit for Clinton's lead. Morris' message is that, like Clinton, he has been misunderstood. He wants people to know, for example, that he and Clinton both have concerns about the welfare bill that Clinton has signed. At the convention, Clinton will promise to "finish the job" with tax incentives and other proposals designed to create 1 million jobs for welfare recipients. Morris is confident that next year Clinton will be able to fix the bill's biggest problems--food-stamp cuts and the benefits...
...computer engineer with no previous political experience. While those in the campaign's upper reaches have always known that Dyachenko was the key cog in the apparatus--if only because she alone saw the man she routinely calls "Papa" on a daily basis--her role has been widely misunderstood. After dodging the media for months, Dyachenko last week described her job to the Russian press: "I'm kind of involved in everything. I'm everywhere--everywhere there's a weak link...
...workers wholesale to make a company more "efficient." It can be the management equivalent of cutting off a leg of the chair you are sitting on to save wood. Says Hammer: "It is astonishing to me the extent to which the term re-engineering has been hijacked, misappropriated and misunderstood." He says the goal isn't to eliminate people. Rather, re-engineering makes what they do more valuable and rewarding. The catch: a re-engineered company initially requires fewer workers. Ideally, the firm grows and creates more jobs. Says Hammer: "Re-engineering changes everything: jobs, skills, processes, expectations...