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Word: sickness (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...policy, and a government which is willing to supervise the transition from capitalist mayhem to a more controlled and equitable society. I do not believe that capitalism will collapse tomorrow, but too many individuals in Britain and elsewhere are being knocked over and trampled upon every time the sick beast lashes out in an attempt to preserve its balance. The sicker the system, the more vicious will be the measures needed to make people heed its howling...

Author: By Kevin Carey, | Title: The British Struggle | 2/26/1974 | See Source »

...many drivers, says John Bell, owner of a Mobil station in Lexington, Mass., "have tried every trick in the book to beat the system, from 'My wife is about to give birth' to 'My daughter is sick.' It's incredible the sob stories you hear." In Wilkes-Barre, Pa. a woman argued for five minutes at pumpside that eight was not an even but an odd number. In San Diego, bribery reared...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: RATIONING: Spotty Local Starts | 2/25/1974 | See Source »

...become increasingly puffy, his movements have grown unsteady, and his energy has obviously flagged. When the normally reticent Eryse"e Palace last week announced that the President was bedridden and feverish with a bout of influenza, many observers read much more into the official announcement. "He's sick, very sick," concluded one diplomat. "It's no longer an unmentionable subject...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FRANCE: An Illness in the Elysee Palace | 2/18/1974 | See Source »

Employing a combination of show business and sleight of hand to charm and relax his patients is routine for Brodeur, 51, who is both a radiologist and an active member of the Society of American Magicians. Aware that a hospital is a bewildering and often frightening place for a sick child, he has been trying, since assuming his position in 1959, to minimize children's fears by making "this place and myself not look Like a hospital...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Medicine: Tricks to Treat | 2/18/1974 | See Source »

...behind it who would say some thing I could hear." Japan, he knew, had living masters who would accept disciples. So did India and Ceylon, but he had heard stories of young Westerners who wandered aimlessly about in these places, eventually dying of dysentery. In Japan, if he got sick, there would be a doctor. This practicality might seem to be in conflict with the rarefied plane of monastery existence, but in fact...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Waking Up in Kyoto | 2/11/1974 | See Source »

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