Word: personal
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...first person in my family to attend college, I am very thankful for the loan the Government has awarded me. I would gladly pay it back at twice the interest rate for being given the privilege of attending college...
Americans find it difficult to accept death. I feel that the hospice is just another institution. If the family is willing and able, the person should be allowed to remain at home...
...testing group, announced that four Omni-Horizons it examined had failed two tests for stability and handling at expressway speeds (about 50 m.p.h.). The organization produced a 43-second film, rerun on several TV news programs, showing the Omni-Horizon careening terrifyingly. Consumers Union's conclusion: the average person might not have the skill to handle the car in a driving emergency. In the July issue of its magazine, Consumer Reports, C.U. will rate the car "not acceptable"-a judgment it has not pronounced on any other auto since the American Motors Ambassador...
Doctors play a guessing game about which drugs to use in combatting cancer. One problem is human individuality-what helps one person may fail to help another. In the search for the proper medicine, doctors must often subject a patient to a sequence of powerful drugs, many of which turn out to be ineffective against the malignant cells. Now a simple technique promises a means of testing the effectiveness of drugs in a specific case of cancer-without having to administer them to the patient...
...more than it was last year. Though prices have risen in these countries, they are still relatively inexpensive. For example, a comfortable double room with private bath and breakfast at a three-star Spanish hotel costs $15.50 a night; a meal at a good average restaurant costs $8 a person, with wine...