Word: paranoia
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...impression of black people. But at Harvard, with the abundance of resources at students' fingertips to address racial issues—ABHW, Black Students Association (BSA), Black Mens Forum (BMF), The Harvard Foundation—there's no need and no excuse for this type of ignorance, stereotyping and paranoia...
...everybody's staring at them. I remember the excitement in my own family. One of my siblings, now in her 40s, has endured the rattling demons of this disease since adolescence. About five years ago she tried the newly marketed Zyprexa (olanzapine). Before long she was astoundingly better: no paranoia, no voices, but an abundance of calm, even placid, rationality. Within two years, however, this always-slender, 110-lb. vegetarian had gained 47 lbs. and a new affliction: diabetes. Zyprexa was out, and she was moved to Geodon (ziprasidone), another newfangled antipsychotic, which made her feel antsy at first...
...grudge on the other. "I think I've got a certain talent," he says, "and I don't know how to defend it. So I end up defending it more vociferously than it may need, but I always feel under threat. It's a basic in-built paranoia. When people start interfering, I go a little bit crazy...
...opportunity to be seen with the Cuban leader--like last week, when, with Castro at his side, he announced a regional "solidarity" fund to give cash-strapped Caribbean countries cheaper access to Venezuelan oil. Although Chávez was democratically elected, he flirts with autocracy. And he indulges in Castroesque paranoia about the U.S.: This summer Venezuelan civilians are training alongside the army in antiaircraft and antitank warfare so they will be able to thwart the next Bay of Pigs...
...refer to the latest terrorism in Paris in the past tense, as if the attacks were over [WORLD, Sept. 29]. Unfortunately, the paranoia of Parisians and the street patrols have not ended. Soldiers continue to stand on busy corners, and avenues are choked with cars and taxis carrying people afraid to ride the Métro. I wish I could have felt comfortable reading your story as an after-the-fact commentary. But the security checks and sirens remind us that it is not over yet. Carolyn Grose Paris...