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Without a sense of meaning, says Dr. Frankl, even the pursuit of happiness must lead to a dead end. A man who sets out deliberately to seek pleasure through sexual gratification will, he believes, defeat himself. So will the man who lusts for power; even its achievement will avail him nothing unless it involves the satisfaction of some inner goal...
...failed to halt the bleeding, and Kasperak was soon back in surgery. In another 21-hour operation, the surgeons tried to stanch the bleeding from an ulcer high in his stomach, and removed his spleen in the hope of improving the clotting quality of his blood. But to no avail: this week Kasperak died...
...disaster, the producers then proceed to sign up the queen of Broadway's limp-wristed directors, hire a totally mind-blown hippie (Dick Shawn) as their star, and attempt to bribe the New York Times drama critic by wrapping his ticket in a hundred dollar bill. To no avail. The show is unintentionally funny, the public floods the box office with orders, and Mostel and Wilder are floated up the river for fraud...
Another, and possibly final round, was fought last Monday as the two council factions clashed over the legality of the removal motion. DeGuglielmo's supporters then reiterated their opposition to an interim manager, but to no avail. The majority five, plus Sullivan, voted to appoint Public Works Commissioner Ralph J. Dunphy to the post...
First from the patient's point of view: If conscious, he is not obliged to avail himself of extraordinary means of survival. A good case in point is the use of intermittent hemodialysis for the man with kidney failure. At a recent symposium, "Ethics in Medical Progress" (edited by Wolstenholme and O'Connor, 1966) considerable discussion was devoted to the question of whether it is suicide for a man who has the opportunity to avail himself of intermittent hemodialysis to reject it. The answer is surely no: It is still experimental; the subject has the right to withdraw...