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...space." The subjects range from moon landings to miniskirts, from the funeral of Winston Churchill to the death of Mary Jo Kopechne. Still, there are lapses that may keep the returnee from gaining total touch with contemporary reality. For instance, the hippie movement is encapsulated in 200 words. The advent of ecology gets little more space, while Women's Lib is mentioned only in passing. Given these oversights, a first reading of the publication will undoubtedly provide the P.O.W.s with quite a homecoming shock...
Four years later, in 1970, Guru Maharaj Ji inaugurated his international mission with a triumphal ride through Delhi in a golden chariot, trailed by miles of elephants, camels and devotees. In 1971 the master's American premies (loved ones) heralded his advent in the U.S. with a press release stating: "He is coming in the clouds with great power and glory, and his silver steed will drift down at 4 p.m. at Los Angeles international airport, TWA Flight 761." That was enough to attract a coterie of guru buffs and various other seekers. In little over a year their...
...advent of the Harvard-Yale game is inevitably accompanied by hold statements from Yale students who believe that Harvard is an inferior university. In the past, students here have reacted to these statements by feverishly rallying to the defense of the institution which they bitterly attacked during the months preceding The Game and which they then proceeded to attack for the rest of the year...
Today, with the advent of new professional requirements and certification, midwifery is on the increase in this country. According to figures released last week at the 50th anniversary meeting of the International Confederation of Midwives in Washington, D.C., the number of certified midwives in the U.S. has climbed to 1,200; a decade ago, it was only 400. Demand for their services is increasing faster than supply, and at least a dozen hospitals and medical centers, including the Yale University School of Nursing and the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, offer midwife-training programs for graduate nurses...
Underwritten by the 3M Company (Scotch tape, etc.), which contributed $105,000 of the show's $140,000 cost, VD Blues is, in fact, as timely as anything that is likely to appear on TV this fall. Gonorrhea, which many people may believe was eliminated with the advent of penicillin, is epidemic in the U.S. today, and even more dangerous syphilis is not far behind. According to public health authorities, there were 700,000 cases of gonorrhea reported in the first six months of 1972, with many thousands more unreported...