Word: treated
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Four years ago, a group of lesbian and gay Vermonters got together in the basement of an Episcopal church to plot the redefinition of marriage. Among them were a nurse, a few lawyers and a pair of Christmas-tree farmers. They thought the state should treat their relationships no differently from those of heterosexuals, and they eventually brought a lawsuit...
...would have been, for him, the perfect summarizing gesture. Probably he was kidding. But his self-destructive and endlessly confrontational relationship with networks, concert managers and audiences was the great theme of his career. He was always disconcertingly catching everyone between laughter and outrage. And the cookies-and-milk treat he sometimes offered later never quite healed that ambiguity. Man on the Moon doesn't either. It just gives us Andy, the pop postmodernist, and permits us to make what we will of him, which is a fascinating activity...
...unwavering comfort of care, right to life, empathy and respect." These two positions are neatly represented in Thursday's report; of 234 residents and interns interviewed, two-thirds felt the tube-threading procedure should not be performed. The remaining doctors disagreed, saying the maneuver would help them learn, and treat future patients better. "This process brings up something people are uncomfortable with," one doctor not involved in the study told the New York Times. "Doctors must learn to care for patients and master their skills on patients. Doing it in a responsible and ethical manner is a responsibility...
Omidyar says he tried to imbue eBay with a "founding culture" based on the moral principles he absorbed in childhood. "My mother always taught me to treat other people the way I want to be treated and to have respect for other people," he says. "Those are just good basic values to have in a crowded world." As it happened, there were also good business reasons to carry the Golden Rule into cyberspace. Unlike traditional e-tailers, who can control the consumer's experience, eBay is almost completely dependent on how users interact. "We really have to encourage our customers...
...vegetables. "I never knew what I was sniffing for in a cantaloupe anyway," says Molloy. Liz Stone concurs. These days, she only sets foot in a regular grocery store about once a month, for the odd item she forgot. "When we do go now, it's like a treat for the kids," she says. Children who actually enjoy supermarket shopping? The wonders of e-commerce will never cease...