Word: setting
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...conviction was the fifth in two years against Christian Scientist parents who failed to seek medical treatment for their children -- a record that the Boston-based church interprets as a crusade against its teachings. The Twitchells' sentence followed the pattern set in the previous cases. The parents were given ten years of probation, and they were ordered to submit their three other children to regular medical exams and take them to a doctor whenever signs of serious illness develop...
...sheer disposability of marriage breeds skepticism. Kasey Geoghegan, 20, a student at the University of Denver and a child of divorced parents, believes nuptial vows have lost their credibility. Says she: "When people get married, ideally it's permanent, but once problems set in, they don't bother to work things...
...movies set more daunting agendas for their protagonists in limbo. In Bill Cosby's inane comedy Ghost Dad, the late Cos must close a business deal and get a physical so his family will have life insurance. Then he must convince his daughter, who has also entered the twilight zone, that "life is all there is." In response she utters the year's top supersloppy double dare: "I'll get back into my body if you'll get back in yours." Darned if he doesn't. Dad, you see, is not dead yet. But his movie...
Even as he upgraded the firm's factories, Masato revised the way in which Mizuno sporting goods were sold. To lure new shoppers to company-owned stores in Osaka and Tokyo, Masato filled the facilities with what he called "full- service sports." Before buying a new set of clubs, golfers can take computerized lessons on improving their swing. Health aficionados can have acupuncture treatments or soothing massages...
...Rihachi who decreed that when an official Japanese ball was dropped from a height of 16 1/2 ft., it had to bounce 4 1/2 ft. That just happened to be the eye level of the diminutive company founder. Today his grandson, who is 5 ft. 5 in. tall, has set his sights considerably higher...