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Waltzing up against dead ends, blank faces and loneliness, Malamud's people are fated to develop into the agonizing absurdity of his "Talking Horse." With the Jewish name of Abramovitz, this circus freak bears all the historical suffering and doubts of his race, as well as the unique dilemma of wondering whether he is "a man in a horse or a horse that talks like a man." Opting for the former, Abramovitz devises an act of his own in which he begs the circus audience to set him free from the body of a horse and the tyranny...
...deal with this kind of dilemma, the lawmakers have ordered that the area's new regional government draw up a comprehensive plan of needed action. But the law goes further than that. For the first time, the Parliament has acted to provide the essential ingredient for rescuing Venice-$510 million over the next five years. Some of the funds will go for new aqueducts to bring fresh water from inland rivers to the cities. After the aqueducts are built, the underground pumping will stop...
...doctors. Stymied by state licensing laws affecting foreigners who are not trained in the U.S., many able Cuban physicians had to take jobs as waiters, elevator operators or, if they could overcome language barriers and prejudice, medical technicians. There is a way out of the Cuban doctors' dilemma, however, and López, like many of his countrymen before him, is trying to pursue it. He will soon take an examination established for all doctors trained abroad-and already has an offer to practice his profession in Oklahoma if he passes...
...restoring Claverly Hall to the status it has held in the past -- an upperclass dorm -- and by placing the freshmen it was to have held at Radcliffe, the CHUL can alleviate much of the year's problem. Of course, this is not a long run solution to the housing dilemma -- the final answer will entail an improvement of the facilities at Radcliffe to make it more appealing, and a strict lottery system in which House preference is the only criterion of assignment. But it is a first step, and at least a partial answer to this year's problem...
Last week a scientist whose work has helped to make engineering-and even creation-of life a possibility tackled this dilemma head on. Dr. James Watson, co-discoverer of the double helix, the master molecule DNA, urged that doctors attending the birth of laboratory-conceived human babies be given the right to terminate the lives of the infants if they are grossly abnormal...