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...which his subjects are sufficiently aware to tell him In the female volume, which he calls a far more human document than its predecessor, he does his best to explore the psychological factors in sex. But he can only check off emotions; he cannot measure them. He cannot detect (and this is where his kinship to Freud ends) emotional factors buried deep in the unconscious, or religious and ethical concepts which are none the less real and forceful for being "unscientific." Human beings who need ideals and emotions as well as the physical comforts of marriage have values which...
...Half-yearly examinations by doctors are not enough to detect all breast cancers early, said a distaff team from the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania. As proof that women should learn to examine themselves once a month, they cited seven patients who detected their own breast cancers only a few months after doctors had found nothing wrong...
...could it happen," demanded Pravda, "that in the depths of the Ministry of State Security ... there could be fabricated provocational matter, the victims of which . . . [were] a series of outstanding leaders of Soviet medicine?" The answer: Ignatiev was guilty of "political blindness and gullibility." He had failed to detect the "shameless lies" of "criminal adventurers" like Ryumin; as a result, the Minister of State Security had "broken away from the people and the party," and therefore has been fired from his new job. The Soviet government, Pravda added, as if speaking in Beria's name, "punishes without regard...
David Diamond's Fourth Symphony received its first local hearing. It seemed to be a haphazard series of contrasts between loud and soft, fast and slow, brass and strings. I could detect no unity, form, or logical direction. Perhaps I am wrong; I hope so. The orchestra gave what sounded like a polished, authoritative presentation. The lower strings, rich and solid, have never sounded better...
...cannot detect a teacher engaged in skillful indoctrination by classroom visits, what about questioning his students from time to time and alerting them on what to observe? Even if we could rely on students to do this, it would be a sad day in the history of American education were we to degrade our students by impressing them into the kind of service made so notorious in Communist police states. Far better to leave Communist teachers to do as they please than to cast their students in the role of informers...