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Historians will have a difficult time explaining the decision to abandon the Apollo program. Having trained the men, perfected the techniques and designed the equipment to explore the earth's own satellite, having achieved the ability to learn more about man's place in the universe, Americans lost the will and the vision to press on. Barely three years after the first lunar landing, the nation that made it all possible has turned its thoughts inward and away from space...
...many methadone-maintained addicts hold jobs. In Boston, 70% of patients have jobs. In Washington, D.C., only 30% of patients are employed at the time they go on methadone, but 65% have jobs when they have stayed on it six months or longer. Thousands of addicts rehabilitated with methadone abandon crime as a way of life. The view of addicts who have managed to resume a near-normal existence is summed up by Pam Smith, 46, a Manhattanite who once supported her heroin habit with prostitution: "I'm a human being again...
Students should abandon causes aiming to relieve them of the serious work which is necessary for a good education. Rather than seeking to make college life easier, they should try to eliminate barriers to learning...
...this level, he gets a heavy message from Sullivan. Unlike Jonathan, most gulls are interested only in eating, and so do not progress. "Learn nothing," says Sullivan, "and the next world is the same as this one, all the same limitations and lead weights to overcome." Unwilling to abandon the Flock for this elitist salvation, Jonathan goes back to his old level and acquires seven flying disciples. Despite the old ban by the Elders in the Flock, he acquires more would-be acrobatic candidates. One has a crippled wing, but Jonathan says: "You have the freedom to be yourself, your...
...style is highly personal and full of description. As a parable, Jonathan is little more than a narrative skeleton supporting a number of inspirational and philosophic assertions. Bach also points out that he disagrees entirely with Jonathan's decision to abandon the pursuit of private perfection in favor of returning to the dumb old Flock and encouraging its members toward higher wisdom. "Self-sacrifice," says Bach, "is a word I cannot stand...