Word: bipolar
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Chirac: The bipolar world we have known is finished, and the world of tomorrow will be multipolar. One of the essential poles will be Europe. I think that the first objective of my term in office will be to work for the success of Europe. The second will be NATO modernization and the creation of a European defense pillar within the alliance. The third objective is to develop solidarity between Europe and two zones that are linked to it: the Mediterranean and Africa. The fourth objective is to confront certain important problems, such as aid to developing countries, unemployment, monetary...
...REDFIELD JAMISON IS A world authority on manic depression. She co-wrote the definitive medical text on the disease, which is also known as bipolar disorder. She has been a valued clinician and teacher, first at the University of California, Los Angeles, and now at Johns Hopkins. As a fellow at Oxford, she pioneered research into the link between creativity and manic depression. In concerts, television programs and a lay book, Touched with Fire (1993), she has popularized that research, identifying as manic depressive such luminaries as Vincent van Gogh, Robert Schumann and Lord Byron...
There are tow major forms of depression:unipolar and bipolar...
...Bipolar, or manic, depression is characterizedby cyclic fluctations between depressed states andstates of mania, or hyperactivity...
International terrorism is on the rise today, and the bipolar balance of terror has degenerated into a motley bunch of renegade regimes, all pounding on the door of the nuclear club. Just as Americans are growing uncomfortable with our new role as de facto globocop, our share of the burden grows larger. Our allies are passing the buck: Boutros-Ghali has reported that France, Italy, Belgium, Jordan, and Tunisia are considering pulling out of Somalia before...