Word: narrower
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...analysis then turns back on the scientist, sharply. For if the struggle of the sick reveals new goals for society in general, it also demands an unorthodox type of psychiatry. In a 1961 Atlantic article, "A Young Psychiatrist Looks at His Profession," Coles protested against tendencies toward narrow definition of psychiatry, rigid technical training, abstract jargon, and deadening theoretical debates. He called for a concern for general human activity, and a recognition of the psychiatrist's own "disorders and sorrows" as essential elements of the profession. To develop a sense of the limitations of the discipline, a sense of humor...
...near the base of a hill, the 2nd Platoon of B Company found itself under such severe shelling from mortars that it was soon forced up a fingerlike slope-apart from the rest of the battalion and in the very midst of the enemy. Finally taking refuge on a narrow ledge, the isolated platoon fired at the khaki-clad North Vietnamese attackers from as close as five to ten feet. Sergeant Clyde Savage stood up to blast down three of them, found to his horror that his automatic rifle was empty. "I didn't know what...
...just as well for Kasavubu that he was not on hand. By the time the final name on the roll (Senator Emile Zola from Kongo Central) was called, Parliament had thrown out his handpicked Kimba regime by a vote of 134 to 121 and handed Tshombe a narrow but satisfying victory. It was, however, only the first round. Kasavubu immediately asked Kimba to form another Cabinet, which under the constitution gave the defeated Premier another 30 days of grace before Tshombe could mount a new challenge in Parliament...
Pride & Monopoly. The U.S. is well ahead in the marketing race, but the contest is bound to narrow. To boost national pride and to save foreign exchange, many of Europe's state-owned power monopolies are expected to place most of their future orders with local suppliers. U.S. equipment companies believe that their most promising markets are in countries that want nuclear power but have not yet begun large-scale production of reactors themselves, notably Italy, Spain, Switzerland and Japan. Beyond that is a vast future market in the developing countries. Eagerly eying South America and Africa, the Western...
Fieser now attribution his narrow escape to his decision to give up smoking and a "lucky early diagnosis." Upon discovering that Fieser had a cancerous tumor, the professor's doctors postponed the operation long enough for a thorough physical examination which revealed a weakened heart, bronchitis and emphysema. The doctors told his wife Mary that it was doubtful he'd pull through. "But," says Fieser grinning...