Word: spate
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...many patients, the revolution has already begun. Increasingly, people are using mind-body therapies on their own, even while seeking conventional medical treatment. A spate of books on the subject has been published in * recent years. The latest is Norman Cousins' new best seller, Head First: The Biology of Hope (Dutton; $19.95), which documents recent strides made in mind- body research...
...centuries of Muslim-Christian warfare had never seen a truce. Moscow sent in peacekeeping troops, and Azerbaijanis denounced the government, publicly burning their red party cards. Soviet forces killed 20 demonstrators in Georgia. Fueled by anger over chronic unemployment, housing shortages and catastrophic damage to the environment, a spate of violent riots in Tadzhikistan, Kirghizia and Kazakhstan turned anti-Russian. With less bloodshed but equal vehemence, national movements in the Ukraine, Moldavia and Belorussia are demanding an end to Russian domination. Since December 1986, at least 408 people have died in clashes around the empire. No fewer than 60 million...
...McClure of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service faults publicity for the spate of bombings. The service now has an Atlanta hot line to take calls about suspect packages. "We are trying to get members not to panic," says Moe Biller, president of the American Postal Workers Union...