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Reported by Edward I. Adler/ New York and Paul A. Witteman/ San Francisco, with other U.S. bureaus
...That's right! But ice cream gives me pleasure, a very soft pillow when I'm tired gives me pleasure, a cold shower on a hot day gives me pleasure. Is it the same kind of pleasure?" Soon Adler gets Thomas to agree that beauty pleases the mind as well as the senses. But how does the mind judge beauty? "It's all subjective...
...Adler gives the other side a chance. "How many of you ever got an A-plus on a composition?" Hands thrash the air. "Do you think your teachers were right?" After considerable debate, the consensus turns out affirmative. Sandy decides to desert the ranks of Position A. "Now, Thomas," says Adler, "you stand alone. But you can still defend yourself. You can say they're talking rot." The discussion goes back to grades. Thomas admits to having received a C. Then Garrick plunges into the fray. He wants to know if Thomas thinks his teacher was "totally subjective...
...Adler is visibly elated. "So you're giving up your position?" he cries. Thomas nods...
...session, Thomas is not the only one to have switched sides. Adler is rewarded by delighted grins when he confesses that he has changed his mind as well. The question this time...