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...only part of that huge field of data. However, by doing so they have biased their results and have missed what is probably the more important half of the story--a direct examination of those transcendent experiences. Given the assumptions the authors, held at the outset about their object of study, the conclusions of the book are all too predictable...
...tell us that we can use nuclear power constructively--to aid our economy and keep it growing. The key assumption here is that the best medicine for our nation--and our world--is economic growth. As capitalism has become more firmly rooted in our way of life, the only object of our economy is continued and unlimited economic growth. This inevitably means more use of natural resources (ergo more waste), and better technology to exploit those resources...
...unorthodox solution: an amnesty for any undocumented alien who arrived in the U.S. before 1970 and could prove it. Those who arrived after that date would be granted five-year temporary residence status, and at the end of that time would be asked to leave. A number of Congressmen object to leave. A number of Congressmen object to Carter's policy on the grounds that it is unworkable, or even undesirable, and have stalled it in the Senate Immigration Subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee. The amnesty may never see daylight...
...there is any fault to be found with The Big Fix, it lies in the fact that the former radicals the detective turns up are leading lives rather too close to the center of present-day action. However attractive the purloined-letter (or plain-sight) theory of hiding the object everyone seeks, a viewer may doubt that once famed politicals could work without being recognized in positions as prominent as the ones Moses finds them...
...sort of doe-eyed dumbness that will surely make him a cult object in certain circles. They will also be pleased to take this perfect imitation of James Dean's mannerisms as evidence that he can act, though he is mostly required to stand around as a prettily passive victim, prettiness being the main thing separating him from all the other victims endlessly degraded and beaten in sundry picturesque ways throughout the film...