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...Slur. What virtually clinches their explanation, they feel, is the distribution of the malady within the hospital. Among 600 men, only five cases were rated as severe, for an attack rate of 0.8%, whereas among 1,760 women there were 193, or 11%. Most of the victims were nurses under 30. This fits the pattern of similar epidemics, including one at Los Angeles County Hospital in which 78% of the victims were nurses. Other outbreaks have been in girls' schools and a school for midwives...
...diagnosis of hysteria in its epidemic form is not a slur on either the individuals or the institution involved," say McEvedy and Beard. "Whereas it is true that sporadic cases of hysterical disability often have disordered personalities, the hysterical reaction is part of everyone's potential and can be elicited in any individual by the right set of circumstances. A mass hysterical reaction shows not that the population is psychologically abnormal but merely that it is socially segregated and consists predominantly of young females...
...acknowledging applause only with a quick smile or a murmured "thank you," he sang with the new voice and manner first heard on his most recent LP, Nashville Skyline (TIME, April 11). It is far less nasal and rasping than before, far less a mixture of drone and downward slur. The tone is softer, rounder; one note leads gracefully to the next, and the result is just as satisfying in its own way. Unexpectedly bending and holding notes like a crooner, Dylan gave a lyric, wistful quality to the traditional Irish ballad, Wild Mountain Thyme. He introduced no new songs...
...medical men belonged in their files. From Portland, Ore., where he came down with symptoms suggesting Hong Kong flu, Reporter David Rorvik wired a wry account of the difficulties of locating a hotel doctor. He dialed room service by mistake, and his vociferous complaints were interpreted as a slur on the hotel's cuisine. Washington Correspondent David Lee made the mistake of lighting a cigarette while he posed a question about preventive medicine. "Don't ask me about preventive medicine when people like you, who obviously know better, smoke two packs of cigarettes a day," snapped Dr. Philip...
...India's most westernized city. When calm was finally restored last week, 52 Indians lay dead, more than 650 were injured and nearly 3,500 were under arrest. Only eight days before, Moslems across the subcontinent in Calcutta, angered by what they felt was a newspaper's slur of Mohammed, exploded in a brief outburst of violence that cost five lives. The two clashes were the latest manifestations of the communal hatreds that have plagued India for generations-and are the chief obstacles to the long-cherished dream of Indian unity...