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...sense a strain of self-contempt these days in English satire? Not self-doubt, of course, and certainly not humility, just a weary roll of the eyes that follows a glance in the mirror? So it seems with Barnes' very funny, very sour new novel, which re-creates England as a theme park on the Isle of Wight. The park is the brainstorm of Sir Jack Pitman, an overweening press lord, and his staff members, one of whom has doubts: "How do we advertise the English...a people widely perceived...as cold, snobbish, emotionally retarded, and xenophobic? As well...
...Land, however, is that the beauty, the history and the associations of the region can be awesome. "I have never heard of anyone going to the Holy Land," says TIME senior religion reporter Emily Mitchell, "who was not overwhelmed by the emotions it engendered. That can put a severe strain on some mentally fragile people." While cynics may be prone to smirk over the Jerusalem Syndrome, it?s important to remember one thing, says Gorman: "It is not religious experience that makes you more prone to mental illness. Rather it?s the other way around: If someone already suffers from...
Aims to increase awareness of repetitive strain injuries in the undergraduate Harvard community and provide information and support to Faculty of Arts and Sciences students with repetitive strain injuries...
...DEAL Three recent outbreaks of salmonella poisoning--two in San Francisco, one in Washington--have been traced to cheese made from raw cow's milk. What makes this particularly worrisome is that the strain of bacteria in all three cases is resistant to most antibiotics. The very young, the old and folks with compromised immune systems are most susceptible. Best bet: buy pasteurized cheese...
...necessarily helpful? The huge growth in such on-the-scene therapy has raised questions about the value of pouring out one's grief to the social workers, psychologists, psychiatrists and clergy who are invariably on hand at disasters to lend empathic support. If local resources feel the strain, the Red Cross, Salvation Army, National Organization for Victim Assistance and a host of other nonprofit organizations send in volunteers. During presidentially declared disasters, the Center for Mental Health Services contributes federal funds for counseling. It spent $10 million last year...