Word: womanizes
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...anger at the father was added to sorrow for the children, Wyandotte residents last week were still visiting the site on Eureka Avenue. One young woman carefully placed four tiny stuffed animals beside the growing mound of pink carnations and red roses...
...tragedy of FAS is that it is entirely preventable. If a woman, even an alcoholic one, stops drinking before she tries to become pregnant, her fetus will not develop FAS or any alcohol-related birth defects. But pregnancies are not always planned. If a woman does not realize for several weeks that she is pregnant, she may not stop drinking in time to prevent harm to the fetus...
Nearly all known cases of FAS involve children whose mothers have chronic alcohol problems. Says Barbara Morse, director of the Fetal Alcohol Education Program at the Boston University School of Medicine: "The more a woman drinks while she is pregnant and the longer she drinks, the higher the risk of FAS." Even so, moderate drinking is not considered safe. "Our best evidence is that we cannot detect adverse consequences to very light drinking," says Dr. Robert Sokol, head of the federally funded fetal alcohol research center at Wayne State University, in Detroit. "But that doesn't mean they...
...stop short of calling yourself a feminist when you support a traditionally feminist cause such as a woman's right to an abortion...
...surface realism notwithstanding, this movie must be read symbolically, especially since it is presented as a dream that overtakes Eriksson years later, when he encounters a young Oriental woman on a train who reminds him of the long-ago victim. In the dream, Meserve -- arrogant, competent, headlong (in short, a born American leader) -- is an archetype of the worst in the national character. Eriksson -- frail-looking but articulate and morally alert -- is the beleaguered best. The remainder of the unit is, of course, the hulking, muddled majority, all too willing to be conned by anyone who seems to be sure...