Word: sicklied
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Said the Most Rev. Richard J. Gushing, Archbishop of Boston: "Human life is sacred because it comes from God . . . The state itself does not have the right to take the life of a sick person...
With the look of a large angry cat, Prosecutor Murphy rose for the crossexamination. He had thrown only one question at the witness before it was announced that a juror had been taken sick. Court was adjourned for a few days. Temporarily balked, Tom Murphy retired to his office to sharpen his teeth on a thick file labeled "Dr. Carl Binger...
...Seliger is encouraged by the fact that alcoholism is now the subject of more & more discussion and action in medical, civic and industrial circles. The keener interest, he says, has led to wider realization that alcoholics are sick people and "are no longer classifiable as 'bums' and 'drunks...
Some great writers, says Dr. Brain, were insane in the strict sense "that they would today have been regarded as certifiable." Others, although not certifiable, were manic-depressives, obsessionals, alcoholics or drug addicts. Among mentally sick writers of all nations he includes Baudelaire, Dostoevsky, Flaubert, Goethe, Poe, Rousseau and Strindberg. Some Brain case histories and diagnoses of fellow Englishmen...
...Pross, Darling . . . How too bad! I hope Tim isn't very sick [Mrs. Hiss's son Timmy had gotten chicken pox during the visit in Chappaqua] and it won't spread . . . Sic semper cinema! I wish I were there to help thee. [Hiss explained that since Mrs. Hiss is a Quaker he had written in the "simple" language.] Don't dream of coming down Saturday . . ." The letter closed with: "My love and commiseration to Sarah and Moll. Dearest love to thee. Thy Hilly...