Word: humanizing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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...South Vietnam, turning hundreds of thousands of Vietnamese into refugees, herding the rural population into American-controlled urban slums and camps, and strengthening the hand of his puppet military dictatorship in Saigon. American planes have regularly raided the rebellious areas of Laos and Cambodia, making it increasingly difficult for human and animal life to survive there. The purpose of these increased bombings-of which the American people have long and deliberately been kept ignorant-is to terrorize Southeast Asia into accepting permanent American rule. And now the bombers are hitting the North again...
...respect we are reliving the history of earlier imperial systems. We have had many opportunities to escape this trap and still do today. Failure to take advantage of these opportunities, continued submission to indoctrination and indifference to the fate of others, will surely spell disaster for much of the human race...
...chapters which discuss experimentation with the human brain may seem a bit macabre, but contain compelling evidence linking specific brain mechanisms and behavioral functions...
...charted, but smooth, nontechnical explanations keep the material within easy reach of a general audience. In fact, some of the casualness in discussing the medical applications of surgical techniques may seem a bit gruesome to the uninitiated. A dozen pages of pictures illustrate the drilling of holes in the human skull and the implanting of electrodes deep inside the brain. The following brief description of a stereotactic surgery case is characteristically non-technical and understated...
Audrey Currier established the philanthropic Taconic Society which aims to "alleviate human distress and create opportunities for the disadvantaged." John Simon, president of the foundation, spoke about its activities at the ceremony...