Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...effort to treat AIDS has been stymied by the difficulty of attacking viruses in general and the virus that causes this lethal disease in particular. The new drug works by short-circuiting the chemical process that the virus uses to make copies of itself inside human white blood cells...
...what is likely good documentary form, Kerouac brings up all these issues without dwelling on any one in particular. The key issues surface--the author's Oedipal ties to his mother, his dabblings in Buddhism and his benzedrine-induced writing method, but although they're faithfully examined, Antonoli doesn't go beyond a cursory treatment of the straight facts...
...increase was passed by Congress as a part of the 1984 deficit-reduction package. The bill increased the excise tax on hard liquor from $10.5 to $12.5 per gallon of 100 proof spirit. The tax rate on particular liquors depends on their alcohol content or proof...
...bestselling Dinner At The Homesick Restaurant portrays with warm, humorous insight, the mixed blessings of family life and its traditional values. The characters in her latest novel bear a strong resemblance to those of the earlier work in terms of their ambivalence toward home. Tyler's sympathies highlight, in particular, the eccentric habits of white middle America: middle-class, middle-aged individuals suspended between "Tips From the Beauty Stars" security measures and childish rebellion. When the glib young Julian, Macon's editor, sails into Macon's sister Rose's life, setting her spinster sensibilities spinning with soap opera fantasies...
...said that the American church is making headway in advocating social justice, but admitted that there is considerable "confusion over moral issues," including the limits of personal dissent and the role of conscience. The most significant passage dealt with the status of women. Malone, declaring that "particular attention must now be given" to laywomen and sisters, asserted, "Their role in the church and society must be clarified, their rights and dignity must be affirmed, and their advancement to positions of leadership and decision making must continue." He said nothing about women as priests, which both the Pope...