Word: treatment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...buried under protective silt for centuries. The waterlogged structure, part of which had the consistency of wet cardboard, was moved into dry dock at the Portsmouth Naval Base, and has since been sprayed constantly with a cold-water mist to keep the wood from disintegrating in the air. This treatment will continue for another three years, after which polyethylene glycol, a waxy preserving agent, will be included in the mist in gradually increasing amounts. When the spray is finally turned off in the year 2001, the historic hull should be able to stand...
...same time, the Soviets are reluctant to place special emphasis on human rights, which is the West's way of referring to the the treatment of Soviet dissidents, minorities and other citizens...
...Washington last week, House Speaker Tip O'Neill announced plans for a sweeping antidrug bill that would include provisions for more federal funds for expanded narcotics-interdiction efforts, addict treatment and public education. The new legislation could end up costing the government $5 billion a year. "If it breaks Gramm-Rudman," said O'Neill, "I'll ask the Rules Committee to waive the targets." Not to be left behind by the Democrats, a Reagan Administration Cabinet council met late last week to discuss a new White House initiative in the drug...
...Jersey occurred to Dr. John Rutledge, deputy commissioner of the state department of health, after a visit to Amsterdam, where such a program exists. A needle-exchange program would necessarily have to start small. Only about 15% of the state's estimated 60,000 addicts are in registered treatment programs or in touch with public-health street workers, who periodically enter "shooting galleries" to warn users of the dangers of AIDS. An initial research study would be inexpensive, said Rutledge, and could be paid for out of the state health department's existing budget...
Despite the existing problems, foreign journalists receive better treatment and more freedoms now than five years ago. But it's important to note that the treatment is considered favorable mostly when compared to the absolute absence of freedom which was so recently the case. A decade ago, the U.S. news agencies had no bureaus in Beijing, and had to cover China from the nearby British territory, Hong Kong...