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...some German intellectuals defend the twist. It is, says one Munich psychiatrist, "a proper cure for working off frustrations." And a psychiatrist in Berlin, where the cold war takes the rap for all sorts of aberrations, sees it as a byproduct of an anxious age. ''The twist craze," says he, "can be attributed to Atomangst...
Earl Wilson, columnist for the New York Post, mentioned the Penguin in his column recently, calling it "a new Harvard dance gaining in popularity." He said it was evidently the latest product of the twist craze...
...binding thread. He will confirm, but he will not convince. (It is worth remembering, however, that he is writing in an English journal, for an audience that is more skeptical of civil defence than Americans appear to be, and certainly less informed about this country's shelter-craze.) Nonetheless, "The Illusion of Civil Defence" is a particularly interesting, particularly disappointing instance of what seems to happen to almost anyone who tires to speak intelligently on the subject. Piel's article suggests that it is difficult to write about such horror without surrendering to some kind of insanity...
Howe and Silverman favored carefully planned community shelters for moral, psychological, and technical reasons. "Recent unfortunate pronouncements from Washington" have started the country on a family shelter craze with unpleasant results, Silverman remarked...
Yale scored its final touchdown because of Harvard's passing craze. In the third quarter, Cirie intercepted a Harvard pass on his own 30 and returned it to the 11. Then the Yalies marched the ball ahead for a first down on the one, after which fullback John Morrison plunged over for the touchdown...