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...Harold Bloom's earlier studies of William Blake and W.B. Yeats, both impressive works of literary criticism, should have taught him to beware these dangers. But in The Flight to Lucifer. Bloom's latest work, the author's zeal to communicate an obscure but not inherently tedious theory of religion overwhelms him, and he does not live up to his chosen role of myth-maker. Bloom clothes his doctrinal argument in a flimsy mantle of epic fantasy. He would probably have done better to write an essay than this dreary mess...
...Want You, I Need You, I Love You is a stylishly intelligent and deceptively lighthearted evocation of a woman's fantasies about Elvis Presley. Hecht strikes the right balance of irony, nostalgia and affection for a time when Presley and the short story itself were still in full bloom...
...ideas to the test of competition in professional practice. Gary Fauth Associate Professor Arnold M. Howitt Assistant Professor Fred Doolittle Assistant Professor Julie Wilson Assistant Professor Michael Shapiro Assistant Professor David Harrison, Jr. Associate Professor Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez Assistant Professor Helen F. Ladd Assistant Professor Howard S. Bloom Assistant Professor Jeff Manditch Prottas Assistant Professor Gordon Clark Assistant Professor Carol J. Thomas Lecturer Belden Hull Daniels Lecturer John M. Yinger Assistant Professor Avis C. Vidal Assistant Professor Don Pickrell Assistant Professor William C. Apgar, Jr. Assistant Professor William F. Lincoln Lecturer Thomas Saitonstall Lecturer
...symptoms of psychiatry's ills are apparent enough. The U.S. has 27,000 psychiatrists in active practice, up from 5,800 in 1950. But now the bloom is off the therapeutic rose. Today only 4% to 5% of medical school graduates go into psychiatry, vs. 12% in 1970. Says one doctor: "Psychiatry is not where the action...
...mind chemicals also hold promise for controlling emotional pain. Because the emotion-controlling amygdala region of the brain is rich in enkephalin receptors, scientists speculate that the molecules may act as a defense against disappointments and trauma. At the Salk Institute, Floyd Bloom is studying the possibility that endorphins may be involved in the pleasure received from alcohol and opiates. Once a person begins taking heroin, say, the natural production of endorphins may decrease. Thus, if addicts try to go cold turkey, the agony of withdrawal is severe. If scientists can create nonaddictive chemicals that bind, like the opiates...