Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...papacy has been the danger of man becoming the "slave of things." He has frequently preached that in affluent nations, materialism, selfishness and consumerism close the "horizons of the spirit." According to the TIME poll, an impressive 76% of Catholics and 56% of Protestants think that "Americans in particular should pay attention" to the Pope's words on materialism. Some 56% of Catholics also say the Pope's warnings are relevant to their own lives, though only 33% of Protestants think...
...NewsPeek is a selective electronic newspaper made of material culled daily from news services and television broadcasts. By sliding their fingers across the screen of a computer terminal, viewers can ask to see lengthier versions of particular stories, roll selected videotapes or call up related articles. The computer remembers what it has been asked to show and the next day tailors its news gathering to search for similar stories. Says Associate Director Andrew Lippman: "It's a newspaper that grows to know...
...Wolf Rudiger Hess, 49, a Munich civil engineer, complained about "too many mysterious circumstances" surrounding his father's death, while Alfred Seidl, the old man's lawyer, argued that it would have been physically impossible for Hess, frail and nearly blind, to have throttled himself. The suicide was a particular embarrassment to the U.S., which for 40 years had taken monthly turns guarding the prisoner with former World War II Allies Britain, France and the Soviet Union. American soldiers were responsible for minding Hess at the time of his death...
...hours of residency are a critical part of medical education. "Illness knows no shift," says Dr. Robert Petersdorf, president of the Association of American Medical Colleges. Such ailments as diabetic coma or toxic shock, he notes, can progress over 36 hours. "You have to follow the history of the particular illness." Others point out that if shifts are significantly shortened, medical residencies might have to be lengthened to ensure that trainees get enough experience. With residencies already lasting from three years for internal medicine to seven years for neurosurgery, few young doctors would warm to that prospect...
...area is the debate louder than over issues of sexuality and morals. There was a national uproar last year, for example, when a bill was introduced to unify a patchwork of laws covering sex and pornography. One of the legislation's provisions triggered particular anger: lowering the age of consent from 16 to twelve years of age. Church leaders and parents were outraged, and the Dutch Cabinet quickly killed the proposed...