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...trash pickups. In Framingham, officials are planning to close one of the ten elementary schools and, in an effort to reduce the fleet of school buses, they may ask students to stand while riding to school. In Foxboro, the police department even considered destroying its dog Butch, to help cope with budget cuts imposed by Proposition 2½. After a public outcry, Butch was spared...
Howe believes sports not only strengthened him, but also gave him the ability to cope with the psychologically depressing aspects of cancer. He adds that a lowered stress level, "whether through humor, physical activity, or anything else," may increase immunological levels. He also believes fighters stand a better chance. "We tend to surrender ourselves to the doctors--and to the concept of their infallibility," he says. He believes too much treatment by others can ultimately be detrimental...
...American Psychiatric Association have launched a joint study of these suicides. Professional organizations are intensifying efforts to reach troubled physicians. The California Medical Association, for example, urges doctors to call a hot line for counseling. The group also runs weekend workshops for physicians and their spouses on how to cope with stress. Such programs have had some success but are limited because doctors are reluctant patients. Says Wekstein: "We have to teach them that they are not just doctors but also human beings...
...summer vacation. But the opposition Labor Party, led by Shimon Peres, would like to see elections held sooner, in part to take advantage of its current popularity in the polls, and in part because its leadership believes that a strong new government should be formed quickly to cope with Israel's rapidly deteriorating economy...
...largest school system, with 458,000 students, is racked by money problems. It will close ten schools this month, and a third of the extracurricular programs have been canceled. Unless fur ther budget cuts are made, the system faces a projected $46 million deficit. Convinced that no outsider could cope with Chicago politics, the Rev. Jesse Jackson, along with the five black members of the city's eleven-member school board, pressed for the appointment of Chicago's veteran deputy superintendent, Manford Byrd, 52. But the other board members felt Byrd is too closely associated with past mismanagement...