Word: particularized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Packard also cites a "mythology that victims in general and women in particular are treated badly...This is a premise and I think it's untrue...If you're a woman and a lawyer and the judge calls you `dearie' and then rules in your favor then there's bias, but what's the effect...
...lesser crimes should be used only as a last resort; public drunkenness should be abolished as an offense; treatment centers for alcoholics should be established as soon as possible. The report also suggested a national task force be appointed to examine the effects of alcohol abuse on Aborigines, a particular source of trouble for these indigenous people...
Like the universe, Petricone's classroom is a study in controlled chaos. "Are the Pleiades part of Taurus?" Franco Mastantuono asks no one in particular. Classmate Lisa David explains the difference between a crescent and a gibbous moon -- a waxing gibbous, at that. Barry Lyons solves the mystery of the moon's phases for a visitor by drawing an impromptu diagram. "What was the moon last night?" Petricone bellows. "A waxing crescent," Karyn Woodbury shoots back as she assembles her celestial sphere. "What about tonight?" Petricone pushes. "A first quarter," pipes another voice...
...have referred students to someone else because I felt they were more qualified to deal with the student's particular problem," says Reisz. "We [Network members] try to get to know one another and each other's area of competence...
Those with terminal illnesses have particular problems and needs that the group can address, Reisz says. For them, "it is important to be reassured again that you are a person with some worth and to be honest about the disease you are suffering with and learn to integrate it into your life," he says...