Word: avoidance
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...blame that night on the alcohol. One can write off that evening as a youthful dalliance. One can synchronize a yawn to avoid her sidewalk eye-contact (broad daylight—ho, ho). But just as Lady MacBeth, even with all of Neptune’s seas, could not wash Banquo’s blood from off her ensanguined mitts, or whatever, so too is it impossible to delete the fargin’ Snood icon which sits blithely in the Windows toolbar—a constant reminder that I should be more careful about to whom I give access...
...medication--but that's a last resort. The first step in dealing with anxiety, says Richard Friedman, psychiatrist and director of the Psychopharmacology Clinic at New York Weill Cornell Medical Center in Manhattan, is realizing that "it's normal to feel anxious in reaction to the catastrophe. Don't avoid it; talk to your friends and family...
...mail currently in wide circulation suggests ironing or microwaving one's mail may help make it safe from anthrax and other biological contaminants. These methods, however, are likely to do little but destroy perfectly good mail. The U.S. Postal Service recommends that the best way to avoid opening anthrax-tainted letters and packages is to be aware and exercise common sense. To help that process, the USPS will deliver a postcard to every residence in the country with guidelines on how to spot and dispose of suspicious mail...
...Plenty, psychologists say. Having children work through their feelings, whether by means of play for younger children or journals for older children, can be helpful. If, however, children are reluctant to talk about terrorism or war, let them know you are available, but don't press them. And avoid overreacting. "Don't go racing to the therapist just because they're drawing a few pictures of crashing airplanes," says Giller. Many experts advise limiting access to television news for younger children. For teenagers, they suggest parents watch the news with them and discuss it in perspective. Is biological...
...final clubs often generously open up their parties to non-members, thereby subsidizing enjoyable evenings out for many students and not just members. But even leaving aside the fact that final clubs provide a rare beacon of light in Harvard’s dour social scene, the University must avoid the immoral and illegal temptation to interfere overbearingly in the private affairs of any organization, regardless of its supposedly oligarchic admissions policies...