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...those distributed by the Pentagon and the armed services. Even those rated acceptable contained many inaccuracies. In one of the most popular films. Narcotics: Pit of Despair, for example, the commentary refers to a "pot-needle" (although pot is not injected), thereby inappropriately linking marijuana with heroin. LSD: Insight or Insanity is criticized for asserting flatly that LSD causes chromosome damage and birth defects when, in fact, the possible genetic effects of LSD are still debatable...
...melancholy, which in turn yielded to benign human comedy. The wit, charm and felicity characteristic of Truffaut are abundant in Bed and Board. But now the ingredients are a little too predictable, and perhaps a little forced as well. There is much fun, but a scarcity of energy and insight...
...physician, I read your article about women in medicine [Jan. 11] with great interest. Being 11½ years out of an internship at Cook County Hospital in Chicago, where I not uncommonly worked 128 hours a week-and at least 90 hours-with no days off, I have some insight into the problem. Most women are not only willing to work as hard as men but often do more than their share to "prove" their sincerity. The part-time training programs will help alleviate some of the obstacles. This is certainly a more realistic approach than losing our womanpower entirely...
...catalogue-which begins and ends with attacks on the Center for International Affairs (CFIA)-Pusey said, "It is a disgraceful story insofar as it is owed to members of a generation professing superior insight, heightened sensitivity, and lively human concern; but there it is for the record...
...Scorpio would yield to no man in his respect for Aquarius. Insight-for-insight, metaphor-for-metaphor, few writers could touch him. His ability to perceive, absorb and organize details and abstractions into platoons of charging prose were proof of his exceptional intelligence. As a social critic, he had an extraordinarily keen nose for the hydrants of power...