Word: verbal
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...PATHETIC ATTEMPT last week by the Arab League to oust Israel from the United Nations arouses both anger and contempt. On the one hand, the Arab's hypocrisy in trying to go beyond their usual verbal assaults on the Jewish state inspires outrage. On the other hand, the counter-productive short-sightedness the Libyan-led move displayed seems evident...
...Some verbal duels between hunters and defenders of wildlife
DIED. Anna Freud, 86, pioneer of child psychoanalysis, whose theories advanced the work of her famous father Sigmund; in London. She opposed those who advocated the analysis of pre-verbal children and emphasized the purposeful care of parents and teachers. Applying in practice what she asserted on paper (in eight eloquent volumes), the self-effacing Freud established the first day nursery in Vienna and trained a generation of followers at the celebrated Hampstead Child-Therapy Clinic in England. She habitually shunned publicity and deferred to the parent whom she nursed in life and steadfastly defended in death. "I didn...
...figures show that Black SAT-takers improved their scores more than whites over the past year. The average whites over the past year. The average Black score increased by nine points on the verbal and four on the math sections of the test, while whites average increased by only two on the verbal and none on the math...
...other people have more serious complaints. The Joint Committee wrote in its original guidance in April that part of its intention was to address allegations of "a consistent pattern of inappropriate and rude conduct [physical as well as verbal] on the part of Dr. Winig. "The two-page letter also refers to an undocumented but strong impression" that Winig tended "to pressure patients into surgery before an adequately definitive diagnosis has been made...