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...small crowd stood on the Church Street sidewalk last night, peering into a store window...

Author: By R. ALAN Leo, | Title: Cybersmith Nets First Year Success | 2/10/1996 | See Source »

...going to be sitting staring out the window," he said...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: Houghton to Step Down as Corning CEO | 2/9/1996 | See Source »

...alcoholic patient who attended four to six hours of therapy a day, then retired to a nearby inn each night. One evening the patient bought a bottle of Jack Daniel's on his way home from the clinic, got drunk, then fell down the stairs, nearly crashing through a window. And for many addicts, detoxification is only the beginning of treatment. Often, substance abuse overlays a more serious psychiatric problem that needs lengthy treatment. In a short stay, says Jerry Spicer, president of Hazelden, "you can deal with detox, but you can't bring about a recovery. It comes down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: REHAB CENTERS RUN DRY | 2/5/1996 | See Source »

After endless days of commuting on the freeway to an antiseptic, sealed-window office, there is a great urge to backpack in the woods and build a fire. Call it recreational primitivism. But the mind needs its rest too. So we go intellectual backpacking: We dabble in potions and auras; we give rapt attention to bearers of tales of alien abduction and Satanism in schools. "I can stand brute force," wrote Oscar Wilde, "but brute reason is quite unbearable." Ah, the relief...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE RETURN OF THE PRIMITIVE | 1/29/1996 | See Source »

...someone with a smidgen of larceny in her heart." By blaming Waldholtz, Carlson cruelly perpetuates a "blame the victim" mentality to explain the blatantly deceptive actions of the Representative's estranged husband and former campaign treasurer, Joe Waldholtz. For years, rape victims were blamed because they left a window open or went out alone. Fortunately, most of us know that it is the perpetrator who is responsible for the crime, not the victim. CHARLES H. ROISTACHER Attorney for Enid Greene Waldholtz Washington...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jan. 29, 1996 | 1/29/1996 | See Source »

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