dependence
dependence (drug dependence) (di-pen-dăns) n. 1. the physical and/or the psychological effects produced by the habitual taking of certain drugs, characterized by a compulsion to continue taking the drug.
physical d. dependence in which withdrawal of the drug causes specific symptoms (
withdrawal symptoms), such as sweating, vomiting, or tremors, that are reversed by further doses. It may be induced by alcohol, morphine, heroin, and cocaine.
psychological d. dependence in which repeated use of a drug induces reliance on it for a state of wellbeing and contentment, but there are no physical withdrawal symptoms if use of the drug is stopped. It may be induced by nicotine in tobacco, cannabis, and such drugs as barbiturates and amphetamines.
2. a state of reliance on others for aspects of self-care, sometimes used as a measure of nursing workload.
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OLIVER STONES: HISTORIETIME
Magazine article from: Film og Kino : Norsk Filmblad; 12/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...ingen hemmelighet at Oliver Stone, i hvert fall til vre...ingen hemmelighet at Stone og George W. Bush har...derfor overrasket over Stones portrett av den avtroppende...siste tte rene, sier Oliver Stone nr Film & Kino...
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Oliver Stone dreht
Magazine article from: Film - Dienst; 12/20/2007; ; 440 words
; ...kehrt der amerikanische Regisseur Oliver Stone erneut an den Kriegsschauplatz...als 500 Zivilisten in My Lai. Oliver Stones Film basiert auf einer eidesstattlichen...Realisierungschance besa, hat Oliver Stone die Produktion selbst bernommen...
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Oliver Stones '9"11
Magazine article from: Film - Dienst; 8/1/2005; ; 396 words
; ...Paramount Pictures bekannt, dass Oliver Stone einen Film ber den 11. September...Aufmerksamkeit gilt jedoch dem Projekt von Stone, der die Geschichte der beiden Polizisten...den Vereinigten Staaten", kndigte Stone auf einer Pressekonferenz an. Ein...
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Recapturing the past. (panel discussion on Oliver Stone's film "JFK") (Editorial)
Magazine article from: The Nation; 3/23/1992; 678 words
; ...issue of the factual accuracy of Oliver Stones movie. And, as noted by panelist...etre of such assaults. As far as Oliver Stone was concerned it was history...received American history. But Stone's version of events in Dallas...
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Oliver Stone Collection: Conspiracy, Rock `n' Roll, Greed and All-American Football Come Together Jan. 16, With ...
Business Wire; 1/4/2001; 700+ words
; ...Academy Award(R)-Winning Director Oliver Stone -- Six- and 10-Movie Gift Sets...Documentary Available Only in the Oliver Stone Collection Gift Sets Warner...genius and controversy that is Oliver Stone with the arrival of the Oliver...
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Investment edge: Oliver Stones.
Magazine article from: Money Marketing; 2/10/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...Government fiscal policy (smelling a good opportunity) and open a door to new investment opportunities for clients. Oliver Stones is a vice president of Morgan Stanley Quilter and sits on the quarterly DMO consultation meeting with market investors...
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Oliver Stone Profiles Power 'South Of The Border'
Transcript from: NPR All Things Considered; 9/25/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Considered 09-25-2009 Oliver Stone Profiles Power 'South...extra. He's the star of Oliver Stone's new documentary...documentary. In fact, Stone describes it as a rebuttal...those of 9/11. SMITH: Oliver Stone takes the film to...
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Oliver Stone's USA: Film, History, and Controversy
Magazine article from: Journalism History; 10/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Robert Brent, ed. Oliver Stone's USA: Film, History...Writer and director Oliver Stone must be a serious...comes to history, accuses Stone of academic fraud for...provides the energy for Oliver Stone's USA. The only...
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Oliver Stoned.(JFK, NIXON, OLIVER STONE, AND ME: An Idealist's Journey from Capitol Hill to Hollywood Hell)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Washington Monthly; 11/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; JFK, NIXON, OLIVER STONE, AND ME An Idealist...personality conflicts with Stone and his hangers-on...amount of space discussing Oliver Stone and the movie business...though, JFK, Nixon, Oliver Stone, and Me is a mere vanity...
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OLIVER STONE'S MOTHER LODE; The Director Mines His Childhood And Finds Some Dark Places Indeed
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post; 9/11/1997; ; 700+ words
; Oliver Stone is reliving his adolescence...preoccupations of Stone's increasingly idiosyncratic...s not me." The Oliver Stone of the novel...he has two boys -- Stone returned to divide...Mahler symphony: Oliver saying: "Mom, I...
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Stone, Oliver
Encyclopedia entry from: U*X*L Encyclopedia of World Biography
Oliver Stone Born: September 15, 1946 New York, New York American director and writer Oliver Stone is a writer-director of films with...as a director. Conservative background Oliver William Stone was born on September 15...
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Oliver Stone
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
Oliver Stone Oliver Stone's harrowing movies about life in an era bereft of morals have earned both lofty praise and stern condemnation. Stone (born 1946) is a pioneer writer-director of films that show the direct human consequences of national...
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Stone, Harlan Fiske
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
Stone, Harlan Fiske (1872–...the Supreme Court . To date, Stone remains the sole university...professor at Columbia Law School, Stone was appointed an associate justice...the shortest since that of Oliver Ellsworth, 1796–...
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Harlan Fiske Stone
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...As U.S. attorney general, Stone moved quickly to rid the department...Bureau of Investigation). Stone also moved against the Aluminum...court, President Coolidge named Stone an associate justice of the...Brandeis, a liberal, along with Oliver Wendell Holmes, tried to give...
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JFK
Dictionary entry from: International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers
...USA, 1991 Director: Oliver Stone Production: Warner Bros...Producers: A. Kitman Ho, Oliver Stone; screenplay: Oliver...Beaver, Frank, Oliver Stone: Wakeup Cinema , New...November 1991. Stone, Oliver, interview in Time...
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