Word: treatment
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...public opinion battle and further publicize U.S. disagreements with Israel on specific issues. Some tough questions might be asked, for example, about whether the Israeli settlements in occupied territory, which Washington considers illegal, are in effect financed by U.S. money. The Administration could also publicly inquire about the treatment of Palestinian political prisoners (current number: 3,200), some of whom have allegedly been tortured by Israeli authorities...
Shiffrin is one of many devotees of a growing fad known as "past-lives therapy." Essentially, its practitioners take a conventional Freudian idea-that much adult behavior is unconsciously guided by early traumas-and apply it to the concept of reincarnation. Although the treatment has had a following in the U.S. and Europe for at least 15 years, more and more Americans are experimenting with the notion that their psychological problems arose during previous existences as, say, Shinto priests, Roman guards, citizens of Atlantis or even another planet...
...white has no inherent right to be admitted to medical school ahead of a less-qualified minority member," then we abrogate the public's right to the highest quality medical care. Further, if "the right to be treated as an equal does not mean the right to equal treatment," then what exactly does it mean...
T.A.T.'s impact is heightened by documentary films that splice together bits of prime-time material broadcast last year. A film section on violence, for instance, moves rapidly through 19 scenes of mass murder, bludgeoning, bombing and miscellaneous mayhem. In the film on sexuality, compassionate treatment of sex is viewed favorably, but many scenes are criticized for mechanizing and dehumanizing sex. Among the more eye-stopping examples: Gabriel Kaplan joking about gang rape; a crazed rapist on Baretta telling his victim, "I've broken a lot of necks in my time. I'm glad you know...
...diarrhea. The dehydration can also be reversed, and the patient rehydrated, with a simple solution containing common salt, baking soda, potassium chloride and glucose. If the patient is conscious and not vomiting too severely, he can take the solution orally. Otherwise, fluids must be given intravenously. Either way, if treatment is begun promptly, it can reduce the cholera death rate to near zero. The major obstacle to universal use of the lifesaving solution is that the poorer countries, which need it most, have difficulty obtaining sufficient medication and training enough nurses and technicians to administer it. Thus, while effective sanitation...