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...chronic caller. As usual, she had a lot to say: descriptions of her problems and fantasies; the ramblings of a lonely person...
...Booker '75, the co-director, listened to the caller. He asked her questions, listened, then asked more questions. He was willing to listen to all she said because that is Room 13's business. When he finally put down the receiver, he had spent seven hours talking with...
...caller is not affiliated with Harvard or Radcliffe. Yet she often spends several hours each week talking to an anonymous voice at Room 13. Staff members have referred her to professional help on several occasions, but she still calls back. And Room 13, faced with a scarcity of counselling requests, is loath to discourage any calls, student or non-student...
...secretary at a private tutoring agency calls a public junior high school to inquire about a child's reading level. The principal checks the child's record, supplies the requested information and then gratuitously informs the caller that the child has a history of bedwetting, that his mother is an alcoholic, and that a different man sleeps at the home almost every night...
...much bad-mouthing must a policeman take before arresting the name-caller? The Supreme Court has ruled that states could ban verbal cop-baiting only if it involved "fighting words" likely to provoke a breach of the peace. But last week the court again made clear that no matter what words are used, the state law must first have defined the offense with precision. In North Little Rock, Ark., a policeman had heard one man in a group say, "Well, there goes the big bad mother- cops." Twice more, with pungent variations, the hecklers piled profanity on the policeman. Finally...