Word: treating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Forstein said the $218 million spent on AIDS research this year is relatively low, considering that it is only one-tenth the cost of a Trident submarine. He said $5 billion will be spent to treat victims of AIDS this year, because of the lack of proper less expensive facilities...
...Soviet doctor also told Hunt that Medved had been given neuroleptics--dopamine-blocking tranquilizers. Hunt writes that the doctor said that these drugs "were commonly used in his country to treat schizophrenics." In other words, crazies like Andrei Sakarov...
...Khan" constitute a herditary title bestowed in 1817 by the Qajar rulers of Iran on the religious leadership of the Nizari Ismaili community. The present leader (Iman) of the Ismailis is thus more accurately designated as Aga Khan IV. It is therefore quite absurd for your reporter to treat the word "Khan" in "Aga Khan" as if it were a last name (e.g. Khan, the super-rich Pakistani leader....). The inappropriateness of such a usage can perhaps be best illustrated if one were to refer to the British Prince of Wales as simply "Wales...
...does succeed in making it through Play (and not everyone does), the first act of Richard's Cork Leg is a real treat. The urns from Play are transformed into an old Irish cemetery, soon to be peopled by a very talented group of actors. In the lead role of Cronin, Charles Puckette steals the show, mellowing his character's crass politics and sexuality with a devil-may-care Irish charm. Laura Gonzales, who plays the prostitute Rose of Lima, sings and moves with the sensuality of an Irish Kate Bush. And the song and dance team of Bonnie Prince...
...best characters are the historical figures, like Santa Anna and Sam Houston. Michener, however, didn't bother to treat them with sensitive, accurate portrayals. He wrote about them what people generally thought about them. Some of the best parts of the book are the scenes that told the truth about these historical figures. Michener's portrayal of Sam Houston, who was Governor of Tennessee, fled in a scandal, and went on to become President of the Republic of Texas and Senator from the state, will probably go into American folklore...