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...decided that more than ten years of education are necessary to treat the common cold, nervous tension, arthritis, acne, allergies, childhood diseases, minor infections and a myriad other simple ailments or chronic maladies? This country needs more paraprofessionals...
...continuity rather than drastic change. The Prime Minister received two visiting heads of government without missing a beat. Ireland's Prime Minister Jack Lynch, in London on private business, came in for a half-hour tête-à-tête to sample her views on the chronic issue of British policy in Ulster. Although Helmut Schmidt had offered to postpone a meeting that had been scheduled for last week with her predecessor James Callaghan, Thatcher insisted upon wining and dining the West German Chancellor...
Turkey. Islam is still a potent force in secular Turkey, and religious violence between the dominant Sunni Muslims and the Alevis, a Shi'ite sect, has recently injected a dangerous new element into the country's chronic political instability. Ancient rivalries between the two groups are being exploited by both right-and left-wing extremists. Last December Sunni gangs massacred a hundred Alevis in the southern Turkish town of Maras. But unlike the Shah's Iran, Turkey has a functioning democratic system, and no single issue or popular figure unites the opposition. The government is fearful, however, that "political opportunists...
Lamkin's message has clearly been received by Washington. Both Congress and the White House are paying increasing attention to the burgeoning grass-roots feeling that the Government has lost control of federal expenditures and that chronic deficit spending is fueling inflation. But just how well Washington understands the message is another matter...
...Crimson's dinosaur didn't die right away, but, in Darwinian fashion, survived the ball change well enough to gain All-Ivy status his sophomore and junior seasons. This year, however, chronic knee and elbow injuries dimmed Havens's performance, and the Kirkland House resident managed only a 5-3 dual match record. But his struggles, as Desaulniers notes, "became a constant motivation for the team, because above all else John is a team...