Word: stress
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...dimly-lit room near the Scientology cross. The verticle bar of the cross, according to Velona, symbolizes the "transcendence of spirituality over the world," while the four points at the end of the two bars of the cross represent four of the faith's eight dynamics. These eight dynamics stress the dedication and protection of one's self, of the family, the group, mankind, plants and animals, material objects, other spiritual beings and the "supreme being." According to Velona, the questions of right and wrong and all ethical questions revolve around the eight dynamics. In measuring the good one must...
Steptoe believes the premature births of the two living children and the loss of the other two babies are not related to the method of conception. He notes that the mothers were under tremendous stress and that the chromosomal imbalance occurs in naturally conceived pregnancies as well. Hence, while he acknowledges that test-tube fertilization needs further refining, he says that "the method is no longer experimental. It is ready for clinical application...
...personalized nature of physical examinations points out something else the clinics stress: health maintenance. By encouraging simple, routine check-ups and by charging only what people can pay, the clinics hope to break people of the costly habit of seeking medical attention only when their illnesses require extensive care...
...length about the Soviets' "hegemonist intentions." Said a Government analyst who has heard Teng's presentations several times: "They've been doing that to us for six years." Another State Department expert predicted that no matter how muted Teng might prove in his public statements, in private he would stress that the primary object of his trip was to persuade the U.S. to take a tougher stance toward the Soviet Union. That, said the expert, would take precedence even over Teng's search for help in modernizing China...
Teng was clad in his usual dark gray Mao suit with black shoes and light gray socks. Puffing incessantly on Chinese-made Panda filter cigarettes, he spoke animatedly, gesticulating with his right hand and at times banging his hands together sharply to stress a point...