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Near midnight, after the deed had been done and Richard Nixon was the nominee and the programmed frenzy had died, a warm-faced woman in her 50s shuffled through the debris, turned to a stranger, and in a voice of housewifely distress, said, "My heavens, did you ever see such a mess in your life?" It was down home in Miami Beach with the folks who, it may be, really run America...
Taylor's version may disturb some ears, but its thought-for-thought rendition is not very likely to distress believers with any newfangled doctrinal notions. "The theological lodestar in this book," says Taylor in an anonymous preface to The Living Bible, "has been a rigid evangelical position." Mysteriously, halfway through the paraphrase, Taylor lost his voice, and still speaks only in a hoarse whisper. A psychiatrist who examined him suggested that the voice failure was Taylor's psychological self-punishment for tampering with what he believed to be the word...
...under a work load." In this examination the patient pedals a bicycle-like device against increasing resistance. Meanwhile, his oxygen consumption is being measured, and the electrocardiograph is tracing heart reaction. The test continues until the heart reaches 85% of its maximum rate or until the patient-experiences some distress. The procedure allows Zohman to weed out people who are not up to any strenuous activity. For those who do qualify, Zohman writes an individual "prescription" of exercise based on how the heart has performed...
...when she went home." Because the patient had earlier talked freely about her death and her fear of dying, the social worker decided it would not help to play the denying game. Instead, she suggested gently that perhaps the patient was again afraid. "The patient agreed at once. Her distress abated promptly, and she commented that everyone in her situation must go through similar periods of disappointment and self-deception." She also said serenely that she hoped she would not live much longer. Taking her hand, the social worker agreed, and the patient smiled and thanked...
...some distress at the spectacle, the Boston Bar Association petitioned the SJC to act. Last week the SJC met once again and decided once more not to commit itself. It did hint that if the Bar Association formally requested Troy's disbarment, somebody might then be willing to fire him. All of which left the militant members of The People First somewhat frustrated. "Just look," said Mrs. Finn. "Troy's still on the bench...