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...question was put poignantly by a U.S. nun who asked in one group discussion, "Do we have to opt for revolution?" The theologians' answer is yes-although they hasten to add that revolution covers a broad range of options, not all of them violent. Jesuit John Coleman of Berkeley's Graduate Theological Union says that there are elements of selflessness and idealism in the U.S. tradition that could be used to inspire Americans to "fight for structural reforms [that] most would call revolutions." But the blacks, feminists, Chicanos, American Indians and other North American minority groups...
...earthquake research for the U.S. Geological Survey at nearby Menlo Park. "The best estimate of the long-range rate of occurrence of great earthquakes along the San Andreas Fault is about one every 100 years, so a significant probability exists of another within the next 30 years." Another specialist, Berkeley's Karl V. Steinbrugge, perhaps the country's leading expert on designing quake-resistant buildings, is even more blunt. Says he: "Thousands of lives snuffed out in 30 seconds is going to blow the roof off this country. And it's going to happen...
...medical researchers have long been convinced that the difference is dietary: the traditional fish-and-rice diet of the Japanese is much lower in fat content than the meat, dairy and fried-food menu favored by Americans. But a new study by researchers from the University of California at Berkeley seems to show that the difference is largely cultural, not culinary. The findings indict stress, American-style, as a major cause of coronaries...
...Berkeley team, headed by Dr. Michael Marmot, conducted a ten-year study of some 4,000 Japanese men living in the San Francisco area, investigating their background and lifestyle as well as their diet, cholesterol levels, smoking habits and other factors usually associated with heart disease. When the data were finally analyzed, it became apparent that the Japanese who cling to their traditional lifestyles, which defuse tension by emphasizing acceptance of the individual's place in both family and society, fare well. Even those who indulge in high-fat diets suffer fewer coronaries than their American counterparts. But those...
Critics of the Berkeley study are likely to insist that diet still cannot be discounted as a cause of coronaries. But researchers like Drs. Meyer Friedman and Ray Rosenman, cardiologists from San Francisco's Mount Zion Hospital and Medical Center, find that the study's conclusions support the theory espoused by their book, Type A Behavior and Your Heart (TIME, April 15, 1974). The San Francisco doctors have long insisted that the American way of life is hard on the heart. The Berkeley study suggests that they are right...