Word: stress
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Moreover, while the Czechoslovaks declared in advance that they would not resist a Warsaw Pact invasion, the Yugoslavs have made it clear that they would fight. They have scheduled autumn maneuvers of their own in the rugged mountains of Bosnia-Herzegovina. The war games, the biggest since 1945, will stress cooperation between newly organized guerrilla bands and the regular army. The Yugoslavs are especially anxious about the possibility of a new outbreak of fighting in the Middle East. They fear that the Soviets might seize on such a situation and, in the name of Socialist solidarity, demand bases for their...
...contraceptive. The product is Delfen foam, made by Ortho Pharmaceutical Ltd., a Toronto-based subsidiary of the U.S.'s Johnson & Johnson. Beginning in about a month, the 60-second color commercial will show a mother and child, with a sound track of cooing and gurgling. The message will stress family planning and will be carried only after...
Even worse are the problems posed by hidden contaminants in meat. Stuffed with chemicals that make them fatten fast, animals end their lives in overpacked feed lots. Four chickens, for example, are jammed into a 12-in. by 18-in. cage. Since overcrowding promotes stress and enhances the spread of disease, the lot operators pour tranquilizers and antibiotics into feed troughs...
...productive work at home; moreover the proportion of a woman's life devoted to care of her children, thanks to her longevity and the sharp reduction in the size of her family, has dwindled. Nonetheless, it is still considered somewhat unfeminine, even "abnormal," for a woman to stress her career; and to be regarded as abnormal today, Janeway points out, is almost as damaging as it was to be thought heretical in the Age of Faith...
...aside hard-line leaders who also happen to be his rivals for power. Specifically, Gierek: - Introduced a new Five-Year Plan to the party's Central Committee that attempts to placate the shortage-plagued Poles by shifting emphasis from heavy industry to consumer goods. It also places great stress on increased farm output and a higher rate of housing construction (the present waiting time for apartments is six years). "The main theme," said Premier Piotr Jaroszewicz, "is man and his needs." >Ended a 25-year dispute between the party and the Catholic Church-to which 95% of Poland...