Word: coping
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Whatever the system employed, there can be no argument that a world power must constantly seek to anticipate major problems and to be prepared with fresh ideas to cope with them. Kissinger said that his major assignment would be to "make certain that the planning mechanism of the Government functions more effectively and presents to the President all of the relevant contingencies and choices." This implies liberating Kissinger from much of the hour-to-hour drudgery-the monitoring of cables from abroad and memoran dums from agencies in Washington-that kept Bundy and Rostow tied to the "situation room" beneath...
Penologists already agree that only about 15% of convicted people are so dangerous or hopeless as to require imprisonment. The new consensus is that many offenders should remain either in or close to their communities and be taught how to cope with life and work under close supervision. Toward that end, Menninger's most intriguing idea is the establishment of psychiatric-help centers for criminally inclined misfits. Unfortunately, he is quite vague about it. If the centers resembled public mental hospitals, which often lack procedural safeguards, the "treatment" might be worse than imprisonment. Menninger's book deserves...
...Hopkins' domestic counterpart, Chief Usher J. Bernard West, who presides over some 70 cooks, butlers, maids, elevator operators, electricians and carpenters. Under his overall supervision are five housemen who constantly wax and buff the floors; a full-time window cleaner who has 147 windows and eight skylights to cope with; and three flower arrangers who keep busy adorning the twelve guest rooms. After 27 years of White House ceremonies-including J.F.K.'s funeral and Lynda Bird's wedding-West says with equanimity: "We never have crises...
...time the real show began we were so nervous we were glad at the arrival of 250 new minds to cope with. The audience was one of us. But alas, we were cut off from them by a barrier of Meanies wielding "Applaud" signs and using and clapping to make them laugh. The only way the audience could get its licks in was by responding to something, we initiated...
...they will all have to cope with a determined group of Harvard runners. Coach Bill McCurdy's squad has established itself as one of the country's top college teams and has been aiming toward today's meet all season...