Word: therings
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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On a day in 1995 that he recalls only vaguely, Bobby Frazier, a beefy sandblaster from Long Beach, Calif., took his diabetic mother to the hospital and, inexplicably, waited for her on a bench at a nearby bus stop. When he learned that she had died, he refused to leave...
There are still hurdles. Traditional mental-health professionals are more focused today on drug therapies than on social rehabilitation. Ruth Hughes argues that the profession's "belief system" still contains "the idea that people with schizophrenia never get better." Insurance companies have been slow to be convinced that these programs...
But can we? There's the rub. It is very risky to assign Genesis today. The A.C.L.U. might sue. Ever since the Supreme Court decision of 1963 barring prayer from the public schools, any attempt to import not just prayer but biblical studies, religious tenets and the like into the...
"The easiest way to America? That's simple," says Dick Ashlaw, who runs the U.S. border patrol in the region. "Go to the McDonald's in Cornwall, Canada, take a seat and look lost. It takes about 10 minutes. Someone will tap you on the shoulder. And from there it...
Little Tree estimates that at least 1,000 of the 8,000 Mohawks currently living on the reserve are involved in the trade. The reservation has an unemployment rate of almost 40%. "There are some big guys in it, maybe 100, but mostly it is kids or anyone else who...