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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...attending stress seminars and workshops, I kept thinking, 'They're talking about me.' " San Francisco Correspondent Dick Thompson was late to an interview when the car in front of him skidded out of control, and his body braced for the expected crash. Happily it did not occur, and the Salk Institute biochemists he was meeting were soon telling him exactly how his neurotransmitters and other internal defenses had geared up for the anticipated trauma...
They also assail a number of "half-truths" about the nuclear arms race. Among them: that the U.S. has always led in the competition; and that new Soviet weapons programs occur only in reaction to U.S. programs. "When they can be first, the Soviets try to be first," say the au thors. The Harvard group also considers to be a half-truth the view that arms control weakens U.S. defense efforts; equally misleading is the idea that arms control involves "trusting" the Soviets...
...more lethal are the darkly pigmented spots of malignant melanoma, which strikes more than 15,000 Americans a year, killing 45% of them. Though melanoma tends to occur on such sun-exposed areas as the chests of men and legs of women, its relationship to the sun remains unclear. A history of severe sunburns may play a role; pregnancy and birth control pills have also been implicated...
...short I believe we may reasonably expect some changes to occur in thinking about the board issue of sexual harassment. Insofar as naivete or thoughtlessness is to blame for the development of awkward situations we may look forward to some improvement. But there are certain things which my experience in my current role has persuaded me are likely to be pervasive features of the landscape. It will doubtless sound terribly corny and perhaps cynical to wager that human and perhaps cynical to wager that human nature will remain unchanged. But I believe it is realistic to predict that instructors...
After considering the arguments, the N.C.C. delegates will reconvene in November to vote on the Metropolitan application. If that passes, a second ballot by the delegates, and then by each denomination in the N.C.C., will occur in May 1984. From the tenor of last week's debate, the homosexual church has little chance of being accepted...