Word: approached
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...news and provide more analysis and background. The most radical move in this direction is coming from NBC Nightly News, which has instituted a round robin of daily features with catchy umbrella titles ("What Works," "Vital Signs") and on some nights has scrapped the news-of-the-day approach entirely and devoted the broadcast to one topic, such as the Persian Gulf crisis...
...former Skid Row hotel, rehabbed and reopened two years ago as a rescue mission for homeless mentally ill people. The very design of the building reflects its treatment approach. Staff offices are scattered throughout the facility to avoid any sense of official hierarchy. Glass panels enable staff to see most areas without having to enter them. Traditionally, mental-health programs separate the most severely disturbed from others; as a patient's condition improves, he must move to a new building, new doctors, a new community. But shuttling between clinics can take its toll. "Change is really disruptive in these people...
...takes a "tiered approach," combining three levels of treatment on three different floors. The second floor offers "intensive" care; the third floor gives "congregate" care for people capable of some independence; the fourth floor has apartments with kitchenettes for those who are close to returning to society. The staff is realistic in its expectations: there are virtually no rules about coming and going, and though drugs and alcohol are strongly discouraged, their use is not grounds for eviction. Persuasion rather than coercion is the rule. Unless a client is unmanageable, he will never be thrown back onto the street. Says...
...This approach acknowledges the religious origins of Christmas while giving equal consideration to other groups who consider the middle of December a sacred season...
Their attitude towards their academic study had much less to do with meeting requirements and much more to do with understanding great thinkers and attacking significant problems. That approach carried over without pause from Horersaal to Bierstube...