Word: blemishes
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...often treatable. Psychologists contend that suicide must be discussed more openly and viewed without shame so that potential victims will seek treatment. Werner Spitz, a professor of forensic pathology at Wayne State University, regrets that "people are ashamed to admit a relative committed suicide, seeing it as a blemish on the good name of the family." Since suicide can be contagious, many families rightly fear that a son or daughter, a brother or sister, may be inclined to imitate the act of self-destruction. But "depression is a disease," says Detroit psychiatrist Karole Avila. "The way to rip away...
Harvard is undefeated since losing to Southern Connecticut, and currently has a 15-game unbeaten streak. The only blemish on the Crimson's record this spring is a 6-6 tie with Dartmouth (which the Crimson won on a coin flip) in the semifinal round of the N.E. Invitational...
Minkus and Rival were the only blemish on Harvard's scoresheet, dropping a 7-6, 6-4 straight set decision to Jennifer Worth and Askowitz...
...doomed to a painful struggle with, say, Tay- Sachs disease or Duchenne muscular dystrophy. But what about the mother of three daughters who wants to hold out for a son? Or the couple that one day may be able to learn whether an unborn baby has a minor genetic blemish? Only the most hardened pro-choice advocate would argue that prospective parents have the right to abort fetus after fetus until they get the "perfect" baby...
Services Committee member Noam Bramson '91 saidthe council's decision two months ago not toendorse a student's sexism complaint against theall-male Fly Club was a "tremendous blemish on thecouncil...