Word: manually
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...whom she had met through mutual friends. She was a frequent guest at his home in Purchase; she kept a small place in Mahopac, 24 miles away. One sign of their close relationship was the fact that her name tops the list of acknowledgments in Tarnower's diet manual ("for her splendid assistance in the research and writing"). But in recent months, according to friends, Harris' relationship with Tarnower had cooled. He increasingly was seen in public with his medical assistant, Lynne Tryforos, who called him "Dr. T." A friend said they even vacationed together in the Bahamas...
...Ford manual...
However, Ford's book is more than a manual of manners. Its most valuable contributions are about coping with contemporary life, especially the decathlon of divorce (she has had two). She writes of survival as a single, raising children (her daughter Elena Niarchos is now 13) without a paternal presence, dealing with the gossip that sprouts like toadstools after the decree nisi, and deciding which friends you have left...
...interviewer, for example, can ask about physical handicaps if the job involves manual labor, but not otherwise. The level of English language proficiency and educational requirements can be set for a secretary but not for a truck driver. Age can be specified, but only if an employer is seeking, for example, a child fashion model...
...Lozoff, director of the Prison Ashram project, said he has helped compile prayer and meditation techniques from major religions into a manual to help prisoners cope with their environment...