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...done here. They work because everyone is expected to work. But then, perhaps in the next generation, they move to the next stage in which they assume more control over their lives. This stage is characterized by what Yankelovich calls the "ethic of self dental" People believe that if they control their impulses, work and save, they will benefit when they get old or at least their children will benefit from their sacrifices. In the sixties it was becoming apparent to the children of these people that this ethic was not working very well their parents seemed to have gone...
Clark was known for courage and fortitude throughout his life. Just twelve when his father died, he sold hot dogs and did odd jobs to help pay the family mortgage in Provo, Utah. Later he put himself through Brigham Young University and the University of Washington dental school. Father of three, the strapping 6-ft. 2-in. Clark prospered in his Seattle practice and, before his heart began to weaken six years ago, honed his golf handicap to six. "I've done everything I wanted to do in life," he told Peg Miller. "Now if I can make...
Industry analysts attribute the corn craze to Americans' heightened dietary sophistication. Like spuds and spaghetti, nutritionists point out, popcorn is low in calories before the butter goes on; two cups of popcorn have fewer than a medium-size apple. The American Dental Association recommends sugar-free popcorn for snacking. The Illinois division of the American Cancer Society praises popcorn as one of the "eleven things that don't cause cancer." (Among the others: a good laugh, exercise, fruit and vegetables.) Says James Fowler of American Pop Corn Co., Sioux City, Iowa: "If you had asked a lady...
...recent years the mall has evolved from a mere shopping area to a center of culture catering to every possible need--from movie theaters and grocery stores to clothing and pet emporiums to dental and legal clinics. Gradually it has become the fashion for mobile suburban youths to hang out in the malls, perhaps much the same way their fathers lounged around the old corner drug store. And the biggest attraction of each modern mecca is the mall arcade, where a kid can lose himself for hours in the sense-numbing, noisy darkness, as long as his quarters hold...
...however, this option was removed from the curriculum. "Too many students ended up M.D.'s rather than in dentistry," Goldhaber says. Today, dental students do have the option of completing the first two years of the program and then transferring to a medical program, although the medical school cannot be Harvard...