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...Anonymous, the oldest, the biggest (650,000 to 750,000 members) and still the most successful organization by far for helping alcoholics. "Until the researcher is able to demonstrate some better practical techniques, the A.A. approach continues to merit our admiration and endorsement," says Gottheil. And, write Sociologists Harrison Trice and Paul Roman: "Despite lay leadership, A.A. has apparently achieved a success rate that surpasses those of professional therapies...
...protestations ("What-in the middle of a waltz?") demands he pay more attention to Junior who blanches in the background. When Papa proves uncooperative, Mother arranges her son's debut herself. "How quickly can you get together an orchestra?" she asks Junior, who assembles 15 pieces in a trice and becomes the toast of Vienna almost as fast...
Resentment against McGovern's spending and welfare plans is also widespread, and it is by no means confined to people who are affluent or white or both. Christine Trice, a black who is a dressmaker in Los Angeles, asserts: "There is so much fraud in welfare and no incentive to get a job. Welfare needs cutting down, but McGovern seems to want to add to it. Paying for it will come out of the pockets of working people." In Miami, Leonard Lang, a student and part-time clerk says: "I'd very much like to know what happens...
...Force helicopter, landing on the roof, or drives in his Lincoln Continental. Federal employees are finding parking spots in the basement garage increasingly hard to come by. The whole front row has been commandeered by L.B.J. and the Secret Service, and about half the remaining spaces disappeared in a trice to make room for a large Sheetrock storehouse-presumably for some of those voluminous collections of presidential papers...
...newest look in grass is turf that never needs cutting, stays green all year, is maintained with a vacuum cleaner, cleaned by soap and water and dries in a trice. No fewer than 16 manufacturers are now turning out artificial turf-also called indoor-outdoor carpeting-for installation at race tracks, baseball diamonds, football fields and tennis courts. In some cases, the turf is changing not only the playing surface but the sport itself...