Word: processes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...process, Gorbachev has thrown Washington, Pakistan and the rebel mujahedin off balance. "Gorbachev has taken the initiative," said a U.S. observer close to the Geneva talks. "If there is no peace agreement, people will blame us." The Reagan Administration seems unsure whether to trust Soviet intentions and the outcome of the Geneva talks. "Right now," said an Administration official, "there are loopholes big enough to drive a truck through...
...possible connection between eel skin and malfunctioning bank and credit cards, and he believes there may be one. The skins come from the slithery saltwater hagfish, also known as the slime eel. McCosker surmises that the problem is caused by either a metallic left over from the tanning process or some residual goo secreted by the skin. Others say the magnetic clasps on some wallets are the culprits. Whatever the case, some banks are dispensing vinyl card covers to ward off the attack of the anti-capitalist eels...
After two days of inconclusive talks, Murphy nonetheless declared himself "encouraged" by Arab and Israeli "enthusiasm" for his efforts. The State Department then announced that Secretary of State George Shultz would visit the area later this month in an effort to promote the Middle East peace process...
That more cheerful view of growing old is gaining currency mainly because of the rapidly expanding scientific discipline of gerontology. Modern studies of the aging process involve everyone from laboratory researchers examining brain tissue to nutritionists interviewing nonagenarians to physicians specializing | in treating the elderly. The goal of gerontology is not to extend the upper limit of human life -- now about 115 to 120 years of age -- but to make the lives of the elderly less burdensome physically and more rewarding emotionally. "The new focus," says Dr. John Rowe, director of the division on aging at Harvard Medical School...
...makes the trip North, where he meets Savannah's psychiatrist Susan Lowenstein, who stands as the antithesis of Colleton County. Throughout the slow and painful process of aiding Lowenstein in helping his sister, Tom reveals the terrible day that he, his mother and Savannah were raped by three escaped convicts. As if the rape of their person were not sufferance enough, the rape of their minds by their mother--who swears them to a pact of secrecy--only added to their torment...