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...cure the Depression, capitalism was forced to save itself by creating the economic mechanisms that produced inflation and the consumer mentality. Capitalism had to destroy the Protestant ethic of thrift and create, through advertising and other mechanisms, a hedonistic culture of free spenders. Now this solution threatens capitalism, so we are told to stop spending, stop consuming...
...rape and tougher to impose gag orders on the press. Sex discrimination, like race discrimination, would become a crime. To come even this far has required much work: the hearing transcripts run for almost 20,000 pages. Supporters of the reform effort concede that a new code will not cure the nation's crime problems, but they are determined to complete the task. Another failure would mean starting all over again next year, and right now fatigue among the bills' backers is so great that many doubt there could be a "Great-grandson...
...exciting as interferon research appears to be, it is, like most modern medicine, on the wrong track. Chemicals in the environment-food preservatives, air pollution, industrial solvents, chlorinated pesticides, radiation, tobacco smoke, etc. -are the causes of many cases of cancer. Why concentrate on the cure when the cause is the problem...
Please inform that senior Administration official who says he does not know what causes inflation or what to do about it [March 10] that the federal deficit is the basic cause, and the cure is balancing the budget...
...Annual chest X rays, recommended in the past for early detection of lung cancer in smokers and others at high risk, are no longer deemed necessary. Nor is sputum cytology, an analysis of lung cells contained in sputum. One reason: lung cancer is still so resistant to cure as to make early detection useless and a waste of money. Rather, prevention, especially by avoiding smoking, should be emphasized...