Word: humanization
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...teenage-pregnancy rates but ranks at the bottom in black family income among urban areas of its size. In McGee's downtrodden Tenth District, the average annual income is $5,500. "You look at our community and you see a disaster," says Howard Fuller, director of health and human services for Milwaukee County. "Then you look at other parts of the community and you see advancement. You put these two things together and it explodes...
Some 10 million Christians remain in the Mideast. But for how long? According to Gabriel Habib, general secretary of the Cyprus-based Middle East Council of Churches, "Fear, human suffering and hopelessness" have caused so many Christians to emigrate that there is deep concern about the "continuity of the Christian presence and witness in this region." At an assembly of the church council in January, Orthodox, Roman Catholic, Protestant and Anglican leaders vowed, "We shall stay in these lands, according to the will of God. This is where we belong and where we are rooted...
Washington and Moscow still work hard at maintaining up-to-date inventories of each other's arsenals, but that job is already done by satellites and computers. Meanwhile, both sides are hungrier for information in areas that require human analysis and hands-on, close-up espionage. "If anything," says CIA Director William Webster, "the changes introduced by Gorbachev make it more important for the Soviets to get intelligence on key foreign policy matters, congressional intentions, defense and advanced technology." As for the U.S., it will need as much information as possible on the players in the unpredictable dramas of Central...
Meanwhile, parents and health experts have blasted the sponsorship of sports events by tobacco and brewing companies. Louis Sullivan, Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, has attacked cigarette sponsorship of such athletic events as Virginia Slims tennis. In its new contract with CBS, the National Collegiate Athletic Association reduced alcohol advertising during its postseason games from 90 seconds to 60 seconds an hour. Said an N.C.A.A. spokesman: "We had gotten widespread feedback from parents, school administrators and the general public that alcohol was the No. 1 problem...
...choose is a right. Anti-abortionists argue that a baby's right-to-life is a right. But don't the citizens of Massachusetts have the right to live in the best conditions possible? The right to economic stability? The right to a decent education? The right to, adequate human services? The right to a clean environment? The right to be protected from crime...