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...conflict between duty-to-comrades-and-country (herd instinct) and the instinct for self-preservation may disturb even a well-balanced, man in battle. Under stress, he may suffer from intestinal disturbances and disordered heart rate. A man with poor mental balance may develop hysterical blindness, paralysis, stiff joints, which will genuinely disqualify him as a fighter (hysteria rarely occurs in newly wounded men-presumably because real wounds eliminate them from battle). Another common type of war breakdown is the hallucinatory reliving of terrifying scenes. A psychopath may quit fighting, give way to panic, or commit suicide. Still other...
...Philip B. Lorenz (TIME Letters, Dec. 7), in commenting on General McNair's words . . . advances a disturbing philosophy, when he says: "In the biological world we find the first necessity is to develop an unalterable hate for guinea pigs, rabbits, and other animals which it is our business to kill...
...search for rubber was the immediate stimulus of Brazil's great migration, but there was more behind it. The ultimate goal was to open and develop Brazil's western territories for future generations, possibly for thousands of impoverished emigrants from Europe when the war is over. The men and women threading their way up the river by boat, by pack mule, and afoot had pioneers' jobs: to lay the foundations for the development of rubber plantations, to build airports and highways to link the reclaimed land with...
...papers told how bad white men were stirring up the Indians to attack the settlers. Seven members of the Service of Protection to Indians (an old organization devoted to the preservation and protection of Brazilian tribes) were reported killed in Indian raids. Men sent to build landing fields and develop sanitation stations were in constant danger of being killed by natives or disease...
This week all the world could see to what a well-chewed pulp golf's famed grapefruit circuit has been reduced. Instead of some two dozen juicy tournaments with $155,000 in prize money, the tour that has helped to develop U.S. pros into the world's greatest golfers will include this year only two: the $5,000 Miami Open and the $5,000 Pinehurst North & South...