Word: kleptomania
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...Fathi says rehabilitation of sex offenders is far more effective than castration. "There are no easy answers," he says. "But castration does not work any more than cutting off hands treats kleptomania...
...Ling: Give up kleptomania. Two tabloids and a pack of AA batteries? What is this, the Spee...
...strictly condemn gambling. "Gambling is seen as a morally recognized way of making money," says Peter Ong, chairman of the Tung Wah Group of Hospitals, which oversees Hong Kong's Even Centre gambling-addiction program. The American Psychiatric Association classifies pathological gambling as an "impulse control disorder," along with kleptomania and pyromania. But throughout Asia, it's considered harmless entertainment. Low-stakes mah-jongg tournaments are a fixture of practically every Chinese family gathering - even at funerals. "In Western culture, people go fishing and have other hobbies," says Elda Chan, a certified gambling counselor and supervisor of the Even Centre...
...books, but I saw her wearing one of my shirts out last weekend before I had even worn it. I also think she may have taken money off of my desk. Suggestions? —Annoyed in Adams Dear Annoyed, Do you like this roommate, independent of her possible kleptomania? If you do like her and would like to live with her in the future, feel free to skip down to the third paragraph. If her lax definition of “borrowing” is the last straw, read on: If you are no longer interested in living with...
...black man playing amongst his betters—and this Robinson has no respect! I am told that Robinson led base-ball in the dubious categories of “steals” last season—and yet he is allowed to continue playing despite this chronic kleptomania. I am also told, though I did not see him play a game myself, that Robinson was voted by the National Media (of which I mysteriously did not receive a ballot) to be the league’s Rookie of the Year over the Giants’ Larry Jansen. Larry Jansen...