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...awkward politics for his party. To the President and his advisers, it has seemed sensible to fight rising prices by deliberately stalling the economy, painful as that might be. To the Republican Congressmen and Senators who must stand for re-election in eight months-a necessity that does not confront the President-the political pain threatens to become excruciating. Unemployment is rising and has begun to hurt members of the Republicans' Silent Majority; corporations' profits have been crimped; and the jobless rate among construction workers, at 7.9%, is higher than among Negroes...
Israel is involved in a war of attrition with four neighbors-Egypt, Jordan, Syria and Lebanon-that confront it on three sides. When all the fronts are active, life can be hectic for the Israelis. Last week was such an occasion...
...again of his cosmic impotence. It may be more common today to dread the world's ending in a nuclear fireball than in deathly darkness, but the loss of light at noontime still suggests the extinction of life. To dream of an eclipse, many psychologists hold, is to confront fears of death and failure. A child born during such an event, contend astrologers, will be a powerful influence for evil-or for good. In Houston Sybil Leek, the witch and astrologer, computed that sun and moon were positioned to cause emotional destruction in families and earthquakes in the countryside...
...parent should calmly confront a younger child with his suspicions without accusing or condemning him. He should take the child to a clinic, doctor or psychiatrist for an examination. If an older child flatly refuses examination, the parent should turn to juvenile court or social agencies for help. Some states have forced commitment to narcotics treatment centers, others permit voluntary rehabilitation...
...title promises, a parade of the naked-male and female-are exposed to the unsuspecting, with entirely predictable results. An undraped lady waits for an elevator; men emerge, confront her and gape. One even offers his jacket. For a sex lecture, the lady instructor arrives in the buff, prompting a genial response from a student audience, and furious blushing and giggles from four parents...