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Critics charge that Carnes has vandalized the scientific concept of addiction and is using it to develop a pop psychology. They say the treatment does not necessarily get at the root cause of the behavior and may harm some people more than help them. "Addiction is used so interchangeably with everything that it loses its meaning," says Robert Csandl, who runs sex- offender and substance-abuse treatment programs in Allentown, Pa. "Even if you're using the word addiction metaphorically, it blurs good assessment, which is essential to starting appropriate treatment." Johns Hopkins researcher John Money sees the focus...
...current debt of $135 billion roughly equivalent to its gross national product and its debt-service obligations equal to half its export earnings, sub-Saharan Africa faces an intolerable situation that has produced instability and promises to breed more. If the West really wants to see democracy take root, it must first give a helping hand to the continent's economy...
Researchers have yet to pinpoint the cause of CFS. The Epstein-Barr virus is active in some, but not all, sufferers, and experts doubt it is the root of the trouble. The illness seems to involve some malfunction of the immune system, perhaps triggered by stress, that can allow any number of normally dormant viruses, including Epstein-Barr, herpes VI and even polio-like pathogens, to become active...
...still, every act or failure to act brings criticism. John Root, a young New York City lawyer whose wife perished on Pan Am Flight 103, a bombing with a suspected link to Tehran, was incensed to hear Bush's "thanks" to Iran and Syria for their help in freeing Polhill and Reed. Thanks for a tiny lapse from barbarism? "We can't go by the Marquis of Queensberry rules," says Root, although he acknowledges sympathy for Bush and his impossible equation...
...suggesting that society police every nightclub and root out every raunchy record from store shelves. There will always be filth on the fringes of entertainment. The problem arises when filth becomes mainstream, when it is mass-marketed. A few giant corporations, including Disney, Fox, MCA, Paramount, Time Warner, Britain's EMI, West Germany's Bertelsmann and Japan's Sony, produce a huge proportion of our children's entertainment. Many parents feel that these companies should take the lead in setting the standards for everyone...