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...hands of one party. Only one person is thought to be an 'expert' in human relations and feelings. Only one person is thought to be in trouble." Well, one is tempted to say, yes indeed, that is the way it happens. Masson, however, is an absolutist; he is of the persuasion that if something is not perfect it is terrible. This point of view rarely works well in the real world, but there are instances in which it can be helpful. And the author's point that the possibility for mischief is inherent in psychological counseling seems inarguable...
Treating students and alumni as a community rather than a subset of a grand institution greater than all of us has other implications as well. One of the most frequent complaints registered by students and faculty alike concerns what some describe as the cold, absolutist, individualist atmosphere of the University. Even Bok admitted in a recent speech his own disappointment with the lack of intellectual camaraderie among professors. students frequently view their experience as an expensive ticket to individual success rather than a personal reflection of themselves and those with whom they live and study. Without any enticement to recognize...
Toad found himself seduced, in love, scribbling away in the transports of a new passion. Toad was always a fanatic, of course, an absolutist. He bought the fanciest fountain pen. His word processor went first into a corner, then into a closet with...
Such problems have eroded popular confidence in the ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (P.R.I.), essentially a monopoly political group that changes its near absolutist leader every six years. The P.R.I. has dominated Mexico for more than half a century. During that time, says Manuel Garcia y Griego, a historian at the prestigious Colegio de Mexico, "economic growth has been the central pillar of the functioning of the system." Bruce Bagley, a Washington-based Latin American expert at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, warns that "if oil prices hold below $20 per bbl., it will be a disaster...
...call 'the warden's friend' because he always votes against the poor prisoner who wants to get out," he told an audience of students, faculty and the public. Another is " 'the pornographer's friend' because he's a First Amendment absolutist." In a more serious vein, Blackmun defended the controversial 1973 decision he wrote upholding the right to abortion. Said he: "Whether it stands forever or not, it at least cut a vast swath on the way toward independence for women...