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...idea that Americans could summon limitless supplies of energy for whatever needed doing, most notably in the tales about Paul Bunyan, who could harness his ox Babe to straighten out the bends in rivers with a single tug. If Faust, the archetypal European, believed that the world was created anew each morn, Americans had a more practical faith: the world and its riches were inexhaustible, easily accessible and-above all-theirs. The American megalopolis of superhighways, hermetically sealed buildings and shopping malls enclosed in artificial climates seems almost designed to squander energy in the unconscious belief that it can never...
That was just what it was getting anew last week. Young had touched a sensitive spot, as thoughtful newsmen as well as scholars who have studied the problem of violence were quick to concede. Seeing violence on television, observed Purdue Psychologist Robert A. Baron, not only gives "unstable people the idea of doing the same, but also teaches them exactly how to go about it -it cuts out trial and error." Said veteran Lawman Michael Spiotto, Chicago's first deputy police superintendent: "Overpublicizing crime tends to bring the kooks out of the woodwork...
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When Gary Mark Gilmore's mother appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court last week to stay his imminent execution, she raised anew the fundamental question: Is the death penalty constitutional...
Less than a year ago, Egyptian President Anwar Sadat was under severe attack from "rejectionist" Arabs for signing the second Sinai accord with Israel. Now that there is new talk about peace initiatives in the Middle East, the rejectionists have become isolated, and Sadat has emerged anew as a moderate Arab statesman with clout. At home, he feels secure enough to have authorized the formation of political parties. In an interview last week with TIME Correspondent Wilton Wynn, Sadat declared that he was ready to sign a formal document ending the state of belligerency with Israel...