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What they may mean is that the verbal juggling of ideas tyrannizes the sensations which might give them relevance, and creates, if anything, a false framework of taught knowledge that obscures knowing. When somebody "knows too much," it is often this: he knows too much that doesn't matter to him, that makes it harder for him to see what does matter...
Chafee said he did not advocate laws that would destroy "out long-cherished ideal of responsible states operating within a national framework," and that "chief reliance must be placed upon communities where violations of human rights are in danger of taking place...
...movie industry's seal on the end of an old era-the period of major studios with their assembly-line production of dozens of movies every year. The new era features independent production in which each movie gets autonomous handling even when it is done within the framework of a big studio. The man most likely to succeed Schary: Ben Thau, a top M-G-M executive known as a tough businessman...
...Selye sees it, every influence that bears on man requires him to adapt himself to his circumstances, including both outward events and internal emotions. As a technical framework for the disorders resulting from excess stress (or from faulty adaptation to normal stress), he has constructed the general adaptation syndrome, or G.A.S. Under this theory, the immediate response of the human or any other animal to a challenging stimulus is the alarm reaction-the mobilization for fight or flight marked by drops in body temperature, blood pressure and blood sugar. This first or shock phase may last from a few minutes...
...large-scale improvement such as the correction of the existing New York mail situation becomes virtually impossible. A Post office for Harvard University falls victim to the same type of disinterest in any sort of problem which might take an excessive amount of study and consideration. Within this framework the local office is quite helpless...