Word: unwantedness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Arriving at Turpin's home in a storm, Mandeville, an obvious drunkard and possible psychotic, demands that Turpin circumcise Mandeville's golden retriever. The subsequent brutal murder of the dog is but the beginning of a series of bizarre deaths in which Turpin naturally becomes entrapped. Verbally shanghaied...
Resolving the differences will require each nation to sacrifice some monetary sovereignty and turn over more authority to the International Monetary Fund. But the harsh fact is that the current, outdated system has already cost much sovereignty by forcing nations to take unwanted and potentially unhealthy steps to raise taxes...
And Balliro cites an extensive passage from Karl Menninger about the effects of "repressed maternal hatred" on the unwanted child: "This may show itself in a determined campaign or in a provocative program of attracting attention by offensive behavior and even criminal acts. Still more seriously it may show itself...
Contraceptives and legalized abortion will prevent unwanted children and abortions by quack doctors, Baird said. Birth control information is needed especially in the ghetto, Baird said, but there are "even people here at this school who are pregnant because they don't know about birth control."
In the first place, say California health officials, it takes time for people to learn when abortions are permitted and how to go about applying for them. Secondly, many women seeking a quick end to an unwanted pregnancy are not interested in the elaborate procedures required for a legal solution...