Word: overboard
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...began his research in the late 1970s, when treatment of the mentally retarded with powerful antipsychotic drugs, such as haloperidol and chlorpromazine, was being questioned. Breuning's opposition to the overuse of such drugs was shared by other researchers in the field. Even so, some scientists believe Breuning went overboard in discounting the benefits for many severely disturbed patients. Says acting NIMH Director Frank Sullivan: "The retarded are vulnerable. They might have been damaged by false research...
Some scientists warn against going overboard with the new technique. Says James Blinn, a Jet Propulsion Laboratory scientist who created some of NASA's most spectacular computer simulations of planetary flybys: "Sometimes a half- baked idea gets printed up prettily and gets more attention than it deserves." Still, Blinn believes, as long as the scientific data used to generate the images are accurate, computer graphics can prod scientists to move in exciting new directions. NCSA's Upson agrees. "If we play our cards right," he says, "we may actually make a dent in how people do science...
...began his new regimen by quitting the booze. For the first three months, he and his personal trainer weighed and recorded every bite and sip he took. "I was scared to eat chocolate cake and thick steak, afraid my blood would rot," Remar remembers. He also went overboard on his exercise program. In addition to weight lifting, biking and jogging, there was a backyard aerobics class that friends were inveigled into joining. He was so intense that he promptly injured his right shoulder...
...maze of inner compartments, which were quickly filling with ice-cold sea water. A flotilla of small boats soon surrounded the upended ship, and seamen searched for passengers who had been hurled into the water from open upper decks. Susan Hames of Coventry, who was pitched overboard, said a little girl was in the water with her. The terrified youngster cried, "I'm going to die, and I've been ever such a good girl. I've never told any lies." The girl survived...
Mayor Walter Sullivan, who smokes and voted against the ordinance said, "Harvard is enforcing it really. They went overboard in my estimation...