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...physiological need for narcotics, however, is only one of the many things that hook a user. The two other major contributors are the user's psychological makeup and his conditioned behavioral pattern-the strong likelihood that a return to old haunts and old friends will ease the post-addict back into old habits. Cyclazocine has no psychological effects, but Jaffe and Brill wondered if it were not possible to use it to help break behavioral patterns. They decided to try it on outpatients on the theory that when an addict's surroundings led him to take dope...
Farnsworth rejected the belief that intelligence increases the likelihood of emotional problems. Recent studies have shown that "high intellectual capacity is accompanied by a high degree of emotional stability," he said...
...world situation would be determined by what happens in that territory. Even a situation in which South Viet Nam was controlled exclusively by the Viet Cong, while regrettable and no doubt morally unwarranted, would not present dangers great enough to justify our direct military intervention. There is every likelihood that a Communist regime in South Viet Nam would follow a fairly independent political course...
...likelihood the NCAA's policymakers will accept the Ivy standards as tacit compliance. Despite initial heated exchanges between Ivy and NCAA officials last month, prospects now look bright for a settlement allowing Ivy teams to remain within the NCAA framework...
Frederick Knott, who also wrote Dial M for Murder, has left this plot-boiler perforated with illogic. At one point Lee Remick has located the doll, hidden it beyond likelihood of discovery, and decoyed the thugs out of the apartment. Instead of staying to be tortured or killed, she ought to call the police or flee. Playwright Knott seems to have forgotten that to scare a playgoer out of his senses, one must first satisfy his good sense...