Word: programing
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1990
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
Father Bruce Ritter, founder of Covenant House, the nation's most successful program for runaway teenagers, hoped that by resigning he would end the controversy that has engulfed the organization since four young men accused him of sexual misconduct. Instead, the turmoil mounted. The state attorney general has widened an investigation to include personal loans that Ritter and other Covenant House officials obtained from the organization, possibly in violation of state...
...study by Dr. Dean Ornish of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, Calif., has provided evidence that a mind-body program of group meetings, exercise, a low-fat diet and stress-management techniques like meditation can be effective in reversing even severe coronary-artery blockage after only a year. "To the degree heart disease can be reversed, it can be prevented," says Dr. Ornish...
DANCE THEATER OF HARLEM, John F. Kennedy Center, Washington. This intrepid group has financial troubles it doesn't deserve and will probably shut down for a few months after this run. Meanwhile, it mixes old favorites (John Taras' Firebird) with ambitious newer productions (a program of Bronislava Nijinska's works, including Les Noces). Through March...
...functioning appointment calendar and phone directory -- a Filofax on a monitor. Yuppie nirvana! But wait. Lots of software can do similar stunts. Portex actually prints out addresses and lunch dates on supplied paper that fits snugly into a Filofax diary or any standard loose-leaf organizer. A word-processing program is included for aspiring PC Pepyses, but the real fun of Portex is savoring the illusion of a well-ordered life. After all, neatness counts. (Available at $69.95 to $169.95 from Eurosoft International, Asheville...
...Across the Soviet Union's Central Asian region, a construction and restoration program is under way that has tripled the number of functioning mosques to 250 since the beginning...