Word: physicians
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...haven't been studied in any systematic way. Herman-Giddens is pursuing the question now but says it isn't easy. "With girls," she says, "you can see breasts budding. With boys, the equivalent sign is an increase in size of the testes. It's very subtle. Even a physician may not be aware of it if they are not looking carefully...
Then there are those who believe the sexualized messages bombarding kids from all sides could be triggering changes in the brain that are jump-starting development. Drew Pinsky, a physician and co-host of MTV's recently canceled Loveline advice program, is a proponent of this notion. "MTV," he asserts, "is absolutely one of the factors in early puberty." But even though the idea sounds nutty, says Herman-Giddens, "it would not be scientific to dismiss it. If someone cuts a nice juicy grapefruit in front of you, you salivate. Seeing things can affect us physiologically...
...person that saves the king-a man named Willis, former priest and amateur physician-does so by shocking him into sanity, by breaking him up so he can be built up again. Willis character demands a mixture of sternness and doting which unfortunately evades title actor Alexis Burgess. The error is on the side of severity, as Burgess's Willis breaks George through boot camp discipline combined with asylum methods. His role in the production is not that of foil for the king's will, but, at best, of disciplinarian. Burgess's Willis is a tool to hammer reason back...
...button when he talked up the Texan Patient's Bill Of Rights. "You can't gag a doctor," he claimed. "False Statement!" flashed on the screen. Perhaps the machine was being too literal. I would think it pretty tough to stuff a handkerchief in the mouth of the average physician. Incidentally, every time Gore said the words "Dingell-Norwood," his "Cognitive Level Indicator" spiked up 4 percent. Mmmm...
...save the king and England itself from this madness? Enter Dr. Willis, a physician with modern notions of psychology, who manages to restore George's reason by forcing him to behave like an ordinary man. Willis shocks the king back to sanity; he reduces the king's aura until what is left is but a lonely and slightly cynical old man. In the end, the clouds dissipate as George again takes the reins of power and administers a hilarious lesson to Cabinet and Parliament...