Word: sickness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...time when the public is confusing it with charlatan therapies. Psychiatrists also are becoming more hard-nosed. They are increasingly convinced that their profession may not have the answers to profound political and social problems, and should perhaps restrict itself to getting measurable results with the truly sick. One current refrain: psychiatrists should become good team players, assisting other medical specialists in fulfilling their obligations to the sick. Many hospitals now have psychiatrists available for consultation on every kind of problem faced by doctors and their patients. Says Psychiatrist Daniel Asimus of Pasadena, Calif.: "Now is the time...
Rowinsky said yesterday a contestant's supporters usually add some life to the ordeal, especially when the contestant's confidence begins to wane. "You're going to be immortal, Al. Very sick, but immortal," a member of Halliday's entourage said at a particularly low point yesterday...
...Being that sick isn't worth $25," a spectator said...
...Wodehouse spun tales about the sport. Usually they played it for laughs. Lardner's Alibi Ike dealt with a peculiar rookie, using comic vernacular: "I've heard infielders complain of a sore arm after heavin' one into the stand, and I've saw outfielders tooken sick with a dizzy spell when they've misjudged a fly ball. But this baby can't even go to bed without apologizin', and I bet he excuses himself to the razor when he gets ready to shave." Runyon's patented style, stilted formality mixed with slang...
...questions of racism and oppression or actively condone them. Both types of readers are indeed racists. Your articles and pieces, supposedly humoristic, serve to reinforce this narrow-minded racism that appeals to and supports those reactionaries who cry "reverse discrimination." We are tired of being the victims of your sick humor. The reality of oppression and racism that permeates through this university and the society at large is bad enough without your warped sense of humor which makes fun of our situation...