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...citizen of Munich who found himself stranded outside Bavaria had until recently an easy cure for his Heimweh. All he had to do was pick up a telephone, dial 0811, and listen. Over the wire came a soft, feminine whisper: "München . . . München . . . München." The tape recording made strong men weep and buoyed up thousands of dispirited travelers, but finally the Munich telephone company had to discontinue the service. Homesick Münchners were tying up all the lines...
...main job of a pediatrician is not to cure normal diseases--the children do that themselves--but rather to reassure the mother. This, in America, is a terribly difficult job." Difficult or not, the speaker, Dr. Benjamin Spock, could claim phenomenal success at the task. Known to countless young parents as the author of Baby and Child Care, he is the most famous baby-doctor in America today...
...Even if it were the Committee's responsibility, any cure would be worse than the disease. In other words, only cross-town busing and an extreme gerrymandering of school zones could change the racial composition of the city's schools...
...School Committee has gathered support by constantly repeating Mrs. Hicks' third assumption, that the cure would be worse than the disease. Few parents, white or negro, want their children bused to an unfamiliar school many miles away from home. However, Mrs. Hicks' exploitation of this issue is dishonest, for meaningful integration can be achieved in Boston within the context of the neighborhood school, without busing. The Negro community lives in a long, thin crescent which bisects Roxbury. The present school zones are narrow strips running lengthwise with the crescent. By rotating these zones ninety degrees, they would extend outside...
...father, an Irish immigrant, had built up a prosperous construction business in the town of Matteawan, north of New York City, and was a bigwig in local Democratic politics. It was not poverty but sickness that shaped the young Forrestal. Frail from birth, Forrestal took the Teddy Roosevelt cure. He went in for strenuous exercise, especially boxing. In one bout his nose was broken, giving him his characteristic tough-guy look. Forrestal was also tormented by his Roman Catholic religion, writes Rogow. He drifted away from the church, even though his strong-willed mother wanted him to become a priest...