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...Spack explains that the word boredom did not exist until the mid-18th century; thus, far from being the universal condition that we tend to assume, it is a fairly recent social construction. The popular idea (voiced by Nietzsche, Bertrand Russell, and others) that "all endeavor of every kind takes place in the context of boredom impending or boredom repudiated" presents boredom as a universal like fear or desire; its linguistic history, documented by Spacks, suggests otherwise. Boredom, then, appears as "an explanatory myth of our culture" whose linguistic appearance in the 18th century was linked to an increase...
...current] pills are so remarkably successful, both effective and without a great systemic reaction," adds Dr. Norman Spack, a private physician in Newton and a national expert on college health issues...
Some women fear that switching pills is unsafe, but doctors say there is no cause for concern. "There's nothing unsafe about switching pills," says Spack. "Women should be on the lowest strength pill that works...
...past two decades, according to Dr. Norman Spack, a Chestnut Hill physician and expert in adolescent and young- adult health issues, student health services have experienced a revolution. And no where is that more apparent than in the differing backgrounds of the doctors who staff places like the University Health Services...
...There's been an incredible change in the University Health Services from the days when I was in college," says spack. "Now, people train specifically for this kind of work...