Word: treatment
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Because of the shadowy origins of a great-great-grandmother, Venezuela born Simón Bolívar was considered a mestizo, and resented the second-class treatment he received at the court of King Charles IV of Spain in 1803. Returning to Latin America in 1807, he led the wars of independence that cost the Spanish throne some of its richest New World possessions and established Bolívar, a lover of fine horseflesh and handsome women, as one of the foremost machos of history...
Electric shock is still the fastest and most effective treatment for depression. But psychiatrists prefer to try the drugs first, because shock so often produces temporary memory loss and confused thinking. Dr. Kline hopes not only to reduce the need for shock, but to speed up the energizers more conveniently with doses of 5-HTP taken by mouth, instead of injection...
Pereira sets great store by open spaces. He holds that the history of any civilization is written in its treatment of open spaces?Athens' Agora, Rome's Forum, the broad sweeps of Paris in the 19th century. And what of the 20th? Says Pereira: "While the auto was supposedly freeing the individual and his family from the asphalt jungles, our open spaces have been overpowered in much the same manner that the tropical jungle eventually mastered the great cities of the Yucatan. Take parking lots. A great deal of our open land has been withdrawn to provide parking lots. Nothing...
...days of World War II, she met Mike Todd decked out in what appeared to be a porter's uniform decorated with countless rows of ribbons, medals, and stars and bars of every rank. "Any sonofabitch Nazi catches me," said Todd, "he'll give me the VIP treatment." During the filming of Giant, the picture's co-producer appeared on the set one day, ashen-faced after a terrifying drive through the studio back lot with James Dean. "Shoot those extra Jimmy Dean scenes quick," he told Director George Stevens. "He's going to kill himself...
...Atkinson and Kruse do not recommend the tilting-table treatment as a substitute for recompression. But as a first-aid measure until the embolism victim can be hauled to a pressure chamber, which may be miles away, they think tilting may prevent many cases of permanent brain damage...