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...Schell goes much further than simply endorsing a nuclear freeze or urging a return to serious arms control. He regards such remedies as little more than aspirins administered to a patient with a life-threatening illness. In his view, the very existence of nuclear weapons carries with it the unavoidable possibility of their use, which in turn would very probably topple us into the abyss; therefore nuclear weapons represent an absolute evil, an ever present threat of total death embedded in the political life of our planet. Insofar as our traditional ("pre-nuclear") notions of national security and sovereignty depend...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Grim Manifesto on Nuclear War | 4/19/1982 | See Source »

Hussain, a former resident doctor at Harvard-affiliated Brigham and women's Hospital (BWH), is accused of the 1978 rape of one Waltham hospital patient and the sexual assault of another...

Author: By Barry J. Fisher, | Title: Lawyers' Challenges Remove All But Three Hussain Jurors | 4/16/1982 | See Source »

...tentative jury of 16 men and women was chosen yesterday in the Middle sex Superior Court trial of Dr. Arif Hussain, a former resident at a Harvard affiliated hospital, for allegedly raping one Waltham Hospital patient and indecently assaulting another while he was a doctor at Waltham...

Author: By Barry J. Fisher, | Title: Hussain Trial To Begin Soon; Jurors Sequestered By Judge | 4/15/1982 | See Source »

...moderate cases, braces may be eliminated altogether. In hospitals around the world, doctors are testing electrical devices that have arrested or partly reversed the progression of scoliosis in nearly nine out of ten cases. Worn only at night, the gadgets have two electrodes that are placed on the patient's back over the convex side of the spinal curve. An implantable model has three electrodes that are buried under the skin. A bedside transmitter is used to trigger a pulsing current five or six times a minute. This stimulates muscle contractions that gradually pull the spine into line. Though...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Bionic Back | 4/12/1982 | See Source »

...agents rely mostly on shoe leather and the patient combing of stacks of returns, which may at times yield a few unexpectedly bright needles. Says Marilyn Leach, 30, an IRS auditor of small businesses in the Carson, Calif., area: "Sometimes you get there and the person sees you and immediately says, 'I didn't report $100,000 in income last year.' That's a real easy audit...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Playing Tax Games | 4/12/1982 | See Source »

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