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...security engendered by social and academic pressure. Dr. Binger explains that the college girl is plagued by depression resulting from fears of inadequacy. She comes to fear comment or criticism and seeks security in the esteem of a young man whom she admires, and whose approbation hopefully will offset her self-doubt and feelings of insufficiency...
Bate said that students are neglecting the period surveys, choosing instead isolated studies of special topics. He pointed out that the Department might have to alter its concentration regulations to offset this neglect...
...following three articles, Richard Price describes what Cornell University has done in one Peruvian community to offset an anachronistic feudal system that may lead the country to revolution, and contrasts such modern changes with the ancient but prevalent custom of "trial marriage;" Renate Rosaldo views with alarm increased feelings of anti-Americanism in Ecuador; and Jack Stauder describes a way of life in the "hot country" of Mexico that has remained unchanged over the centuries. The writers were among eight Harvard and Radcliffe students who spent the summer living with and studying Indians in Peru, Ecuador, and Mexico...
Three of our citizens bought an old railroad baggage and chair car. This car is 77 ft. long, 9½ ft. wide, and 12 ft. high. A hole 12 ft. wide, 140 ft. long, and 15 ft. deep was dug. An offset entrance of concrete and concrete blocks has been built, and there is an escape hatch. A filtering system will be installed, along with rest room facilities, auxiliary power unit, and a reserve water supply. The inside of the car will be completely remodeled, of course...
...Nitze, a key Pentagon strategist, said flatly that any Communist attempt to cut off Western air access to Berlin would be the "straw that breaks the camel's back." Were this to happen, said Nitze, war would not necessarily be confined to Germany, or even Europe: "We can offset a local preponderance of Communist strength by a determination to apply Western strength on terms other than those selected by the Soviets. Soviet tanks across the Autobahn to Berlin would interpose at only one of the many points throughout the world where the important or vital interests of the Soviet...