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...William James would undertake to lecture on abnormal mental states induced by drugs, Leary, because of his estimate of the mind, probably would not. At one point in their research, Leary and his associates found themselves faced with this alternative: either they would try to keep the (scientific) world abreast of their experience and results, they would try to communicate experiences which resist verbalization, or they would plunge ahead alone into uncharted mental states, and ignore communication. They chose the latter. Knowledge such as Leary might provide would undoubtedly be valuable but he will not provide it because he regards...
...says American President C. R. Smith. "Hell, they'd be willing to stand up all the way to California." They will not have to stand, but lower fares will mean the end of beverage and food service in coach class and less elaborate meals and tighter seating (five abreast v. present four) in first class...
...promotional fares that even the travel agents are bewildered; on the New York-Boston route, twelve different fares are in effect. Backing away from this confusion, United Air Lines President William Patterson has asked the Civil Aeronautics Board for permission to start a one-class jet service with five-abreast seating and a fare that would be about 17% less than first class and only 5% higher than coach. Few other airline presidents expect one-class service to sweep the industry, as United does, but most of them are eager to streamline their fare systems...
...addition to the need for a lengthened period of formal education, medical research has encouraged specialization, opened whole new careers, and created the fantastically difficult problem for the average doctor of keeping abreast of the latest techniques...
...India 65 million cups of Brooke Bond tea are downed daily, and in tea-rich Ceylon, housewives increasingly pass up home-grown bulk tea for Brooke Bond "packets." ("This," says Brooke, "is an achievement akin to selling refrigerators to Eskimos.") In Canada its Red Rose brand has pulled abreast of Salada as the national favorite...