Word: sicklied
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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John Paul's charisma exuded its warmth in the sacrament of Anointing of the Sick at St. George's Cathedral later that afternoon. There, 4,000 ailing, disabled or dying parishioners watched in gratitude as the Pope personally administered the holy oil to many hands and foreheads of the seriously...
...narrative of 10,000 words or a terse moral fable. In Short Shorts, Editor Irving Howe (World of Our Fathers) and his wife liana have decided to explore the far end of the genre. None of their selections requires more than eleven pages (D.H. Lawrence's A Sick Collier); some need four (Grace Paley's Wants). But the works are small only in measure. All contain social and psychological resonances that sound long after this remarkable book is closed. A few are comic, like James Thurber's If Grant Had Been Drinking at Appomattox, a portrait...
...most serious charge leveled against the FAA is that morale in the towers is deteriorating as a result of poor relations between tower supervisors and the controllers-which was a major cause of last year's strike. Says one New York controller: "You are discouraged from calling in sick or taking any time off. The attitude is, 'There is a job to do, and we don't give a damn what problems you might have.' " A study commissioned by Transportation Secretary Drew Lewis shortly after the strike began and released last March showed that management practices...
...idea that Shostakovich was merely noisy is one of the misconceptions we're trying to destroy," says Fitzwilliam Violist Alan George, 32. The ensemble has been closely associated with Shostakovich's music since 1972, when the sick, aging composer came to York to hear the group perform his tightly organized, mournful Quartet No. 13. That meeting began a relationship that continued until the composer's death; Shostakovich sent the Fitzwilliam the scores of his 14th and 15th Quartets for their first performances outside the Soviet Union. Says First Violinist Christopher Rowland, 35: "He seemed very touched that...
...name. It seems to me that, despite his disclaimer, this implies a connection to his position, one which is unfortunately emphasized by the fact it is in Behavioral Sciences and Psychology in general had done so much damage to gays and lesbians, reinforcing the myths that homosexuals are abnormal, sick, dangerous and deserving of second-class treatment. For example, the Immigration and Naturalization Service routinely refused admission to this country to homosexuals on the grounds of "psychopathic personality" and only recently--possibly temporarily--changed their policy. Gay and lesbian parents are routinely refused custody of their children on the grounds...