Word: reasonableness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...powerful reason why that is true at St. Christopher's is the system of pain control developed by Dame Cicely and others. The hospice only admits patients with terminal cancer or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, ALS, the motor-neuron illness commonly known in the U.S. as Lou Gehrig's disease. Fully 60% of new arrivals suffer from pain that has been consuming them, sometimes for weeks. With a combination of morphine and other drugs, such as tranquilizers, administered every four hours, the pain is quickly eliminated for most patients. But other components of pain are, in their way, equally agonizing...
...mother dies, leaving two kids, or two old people who have spent 50 years together are parted." She is sustained by her belief that "this isn't the end, and parting isn't forever." For those who take a more secular view of death, there are very practical reasons for the hospice philosophy. "We must not lose the chance," she says, "of making good on a great deal of untidiness in our lives, or of making time to pack our bags and say, 'Sorry, goodbye and thank you.' " There are many in the world today who, after watching death come...
Safety is usually the cited reason for setting apart those who test positive. Job Corps Director Peter Rell explains that his agency's exclusionary policy is meant to secure "as healthy and disease-free an environment as possible." All 36,000 participants in the agency's residential programs are warned of the test on enrollment forms, he says, and are provided with counseling if they are rejected because of the results. The high costs of treating AIDS patients is an actuarial problem for insurers, who routinely reject seropositives seeking life or medical coverage. "Once we sign on, we're there...
...million) won twelve prizes. The most honored Madison Avenue contender, BBDO Worldwide ($3.7 billion), won seven. Among the Minnesota firm's winners was an ad for a pregnancy-prevention campaign that portrays an expectant teenager under the line, "If you're embarrassed by a pimple, try explaining this." A reason for the agency's success, says its chairman, Patrick Fallon, is that only one creative director reviews all text and designs. By comparison, submitting an idea to the management committee at a big agency, Fallon says, is like "having your work bitten to death by ducks...
...really frightened, and I hit him with my fist." After that, their life together got worse. "His temper escalated. He'd grab my arms and hold me down, or throw things at me: tennis shoes, magazines, a book." She finally walked out, too humiliated to reveal the reason to her friends...