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...they had left. Nanapush sees his clansmen tempted out of their holdings with quick-cash offers. He remains an eloquent holdout. "Land is the only thing that lasts life to life," he warns. "Money burns like tinder, flows off like water. And as for government promises, the wind is steadier...
...Crimson will have to play a much steadier game, if it is to earn a long sought after victory against the Tigers...
After surging, stumbling and then bouncing back last year, the U.S. economy should settle down to a steadier, healthier pace in 1985. That was the optimistic forecast of TIME's Board of Economists when it met to survey the business outlook for the year. Despite concern about the instability of the dollar and the huge U.S. trade and budget deficits, the economists predicted that growth in the gross national product, after adjustment for inflation, will be a solid 4% this year, a middle course between the harrowing extremes of 1984. Growth last year ranged from 10.1% in the first three...
...Shriver, a native Virginian who is president of Union Theological Seminary in New York City: "I think the decision by descendants of black slaves in this country to become citizens and active members of this society is a remarkable case of forgiveness. By and large, blacks have had a steadier sense of belonging to the United States and of being true citizens than many of those who have oppressed them." Says Atlanta Mayor Andrew Young: "We shared the burden of guilt for past racial abuses and we moved toward reconciliation. And we've grown together as brothers and sisters...
...biofeedback and other relaxation techniques gain acceptance, doctors are testing them against all sorts of ills. Duke Psychologist Richard Surwit has shown that biofeedback and progressive musclerelaxation exercises can help diabetics maintain steadier glucose levels. At Children's Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle, Dr. William Womack helps youngsters contend with the strains of growing up. Kurt Russell, 16, was immobilized by migraines for days at a time until Womack taught him a self-hypnosis technique. Now symptom-free, the teen-ager travels twice a day to a peaceful place in his mind. "You imagine yourself in the woods or skiing...