Word: rippe
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...decade ago, just one out of 20 babies born in the U.S. was, in Shakespeare's phrase, "from his mother's womb untimely ripp'd." Doctors performed caesareans only in cases in which normal delivery was impossible, or the patient refused to endure vaginal delivery. Now, there has been a sharp upswing in the number of caesareans. Last year at least one out of every ten babies in the U.S. was delivered surgically. At major medical centers, which tend to handle more problem pregnancies, the share is even higher. The University Hospitals of Cleveland at present deliver...
...think that Mexico is teetering on the edge of revolution-and some like to compare the current atmosphere here to that preceding the Mexican Revolution in 1910-must suffer from the wildest delusions. If anything Mexico today is comparable to the United States before the First World War. Ripp'es from the counter culture barely touch the shore. Most Mexican students seem most interested-and not unsurprisingly-in getting themselves into a lucrative profession. The ones involved in the arts hope to find financially rewarding ways to use their abilities. A talented young photographer, rather than wanting to do free...