Word: treatment
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Aristide described the horrible treatment ofthe refugees turned back by the U.S. Coast Guard."They are often arrested and harassed," he said...
...relationship with Mom improved, my dad and I had knock-down-and-drag-outs over her treatment. He and the doctor wanted her in a hospital. She wanted to die at home. Dad wouldn't, couldn't pay for round-the-clock nurses. Part-time aides came and went, unable to take the hours and the unrelenting attention Mom needed. After she had a tracheotomy and required a tube down her throat, I had to learn how to apply suction to the tube when she felt the saliva backing up--a procedure most of the aides were either unable...
...painful: Jonathan Pollard, who is serving a life sentence in a U.S. prison after his conviction in 1985 on charges of spying for Israel. Israel has been quietly pressing for Pollard?s release since last year?s Wye River talks, but the spectacle of a U.S. teen getting lenient treatment on a murder charge by escaping to Israel isn't likely to help persuade Washington to forgive an Israeli...
NEEDLESS SNEEZES Allergies affect nearly 40% of all Americans --twice as many as usually estimated--and millions of them suffer needlessly or rely on medications they'd rather not take. According to a new survey, that's because two-thirds of them are unaware of other treatment options, like allergy shots, which are considered both safe and effective...
Everybody knew that at least some of the IMF?s billions of Russian bailout money would get flushed down the toilet of corruption. Few figured the cesspool ?- or, more accurately, the sewage treatment plant ?- could end up in Manhattan. According to the Wall Street Journal, authorities are investigating whether some $200 million allegedly laundered through the Bank of New York was siphoned off IMF funds loaned to Russia to stave off its financial collapse. It?s happened before - in 1996, Russia?s own central bank (their Fed!) funneled $1.2 billion in IMF money to an offshore holding company, never...