Word: winded
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...some point in their lives, roughly 10% of Americans will probably wind up in mental hospitals - a statistic that poses hard questions of civil liberty and medical necessity. Though critics decry the use of police to "arrest" mental patients, Hill's rights were well guarded by California's relatively enlightened rules. But what of others in Hill's position throughout the country...
Some doctors now argue that admission should be governed entirely by medical boards, without interference from lay judges and juries. But lawyers fear that even harmless neurotics might wind up in institutions that are still primarily geared to restraint. The consensus is that involuntary admission should be extended to nondangerous persons only where hospitals are fully equipped to treat early symptoms. On the other hand, state hospitals are allowed to discharge patients without court intervention. In many places, nondangerous patients who succeed in going over the hill and staying free for a year are considered discharged, on the theory that...
...interrupting the men and women slurping coffee and eating sandwiches, saying, "My name is John Kennedy, I'm running for President in the primary;" and they went on eating. He left the town shortly after noon and the town was as oblivious of his presence as of a cold wind passing through...
...attempt to explore Mars got off to a poor start last week. The Mariner C spacecraft, launched at Cape Kennedy, did not jettison its 300-lb. wind-shroud, and the extra weight kept it from attaining the 25,600 m.p.h. speed necessary to reach the red planet...
...scurrying home with his prize when sportswriters from the M.I.T. student newspaper began pressing him for an interview. Tournament officials caught wind of the spoof anyway when a Harvard spectator revealed Kaden's identity soon after the final match...