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Saville's own case is not so simple. His cage is unlocked, but it is clear that even if he chooses to venture outside he will drag the thing behind him forever. Circumstances have left him maimed; a radiant older brother died of pneumonia at the age of six in the year in which Saville was born, and his parents' grief made their reactions to the new baby guarded and distant. In the life of the mind, Saville lives a surrogate boyhood. For him, as for the surrounding villagers, maturity is impossible, and hope is a kind...
...Carter tax and energy programs in Congress; they have been concerned about the growing U.S. trade deficit and fretful that a big increase in the money sup ply in recent weeks might prompt the Federal Reserve Board to tighten credit and thus trigger a rise in interest rates. Another drag on the market: European investors, who have been nervous about the sinking value of the dollar (see following story) and the growing U.S. trade deficit. One analyst, William LeFevre, of Granger & Co., says flatly: "The market slump can be related to the dollar's weakness. Europeans are now selling...
...have collapsed to 56? in London and 65? in the U.S.-well below production costs at some mines. In these circumstances, U.S. firms were not all that upset three weeks ago when 40,000 copper workers seeking higher wages shut down the mines in a strike that may drag on through Labor Day. Laments Copper Industry Analyst George Cleaver of New York's White Weld & Co.: "The U.S. industry has had three years of poverty and is entering its fourth...
...obtained a license to manufacture or distribute Laetrile in any state. For one thing, some state health authorities seem ready to drag their feet on issuing permits. Arizona Health Services Director Suzanne Dandoy predicts a long delay because her staff lacks the expertise and research data needed to set guidelines. Says Thomas Caton, executive director of Oregon's state board of pharmacy: "We have to do some study to define purity and dose levels...
...drag on interminably and the Class finally approached the "normalcy" it had awaited since 1945. Like other classes at other colleges in the '50s, Harvard '52 wanted to marry, settle down in a nice house and have children. And like the other classes, it did all that and more--so far 15 per cent have been divorced and, if the class continues to follow national patterns, many more divorces can be expected in coming years. Although most of the divorced men remarry, fewer members of Harvard '52 try again than other American men in the same age bracket...