Word: sectionals
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...writer of TIME'S Medicine section, Anastasia Toufexis often finds herself trying to elucidate medical matters that scientists themselves are hard-pressed to explain. Says she: "The stock response to a science journalist's question seems to be, 'If I knew that, I'd have one foot on the boat to Sweden' -to pick up a Nobel Prize." Unanswered questions were a large and tantalizing part of Toufexis' work on this week's cover story on interferon, a substance that researchers feel may be helpful both in the treatment of cancer...
Estis said Levine has written only one major work in the field, a book titled "Black Culture and Black Consciousness: Afro-American Folk Thought from Slavery to Freedom." He added that the book's section on music is very similar to research published by Eileen Southern professor of Afro-American Studies and Music...
...juice: cardboard containers, like those used for milk. The idea caught on and so, quite clearly, did Church. He rose to become a front-page editor at the Journal, joined TIME as a business writer in 1969, and served for four years as the editor of the Economy & Business section. Since moving to the Nation section early last year, Church has proved himself to be one of the magazine's most prolific and versatile cover writers, treating subjects as disparate as the gay revolution (April 23, 1979) and Pope John Paul II's visit to America...
...some techniques to enhance his impressive productivity and spur his prose. To conquer writer's block, for instance, he sometimes paces TIME'S corridors for miles at a stretch. His explanation: "I hope that once my legs begin to move, the mind will follow." In his Business section days, Church followed a less conventional but surefire ritual to get his journalistic juices flowing: a pre-cover-story haircut. Alas, he laments, "I've had to abandon that practice since moving to Nation. Cover stories come more frequently here. I'd be the Yul Brynner...
...first such programs was set up in 1975 in the crime-plagued Dorchester section of Boston. Of the 1,200 cases heard in Dorchester's storefront Urban Court Program so far, 89% were settled there without having to be put before a judge. No one is forced to participate; either party in a dispute may insist on having his case heard in a conventional court. Those who decide to try the program sit down with two mediators-community members who are paid $7.50 a session for this part-time work and are trained to handle disputes coolly. Says Urban...