Word: treates
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...colony "in the dead heart of the African continent, a land as close to nowhere as the planet could provide." The southward creep of the Sahara and the drying up of nearby Lake Kotto have driven most of the native residents away, leaving the physician with hardly anyone to treat but General Harare and his ragtag band of Marxist guerrillas. But these rebel patients do not trust Mallory, because he has conceived a scheme to drill the dry lake bed and tap into a potential third Nile, which will turn the parched land green and fruitful. Such a happy result...
...move, applauded by abortion foes, was prompted by a National Institutes of Health proposal to treat Parkinson's patients with fetal brain tissue, a technique used for the first time by physicians in Mexico City last January. Reaction to the moratorium ranged from outrage to cautious endorsement. "A complete ban really blocks the prospects of investigating what could be a promising medical procedure," says Dr. Robert Burke, a neurologist at the Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center in Manhattan. A better approach, he thinks, would be to allow research in a few supervised institutions to continue while the debate on the ethical...
That's the way to treat your team, George. Make them worry about what happens off the field instead of what happens during the game...
Upstairs, where he is searching for a pink tie that will do justice to his natty brown suit, Cooper is a picture of tranquillity. In a few minutes, he'll saunter into the spotlight. As always, the crowd will treat him like a favorite uncle, respectfully silent while he explains the rules...
...familiar with the merchandise in large areas of a store rather than just small sections. They roam the departments looking for customers who need help. Caught in one of the worst competitive crunches in their history, at least some department stores seem to be rediscovering a time-honored truth: treat people well, and chances are they will come back for more...