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...brought changes in the rituals of courtship. "Our typical affectionate consumer," he writes, "may now only whisper 'Your place or mine?' at a neighborhood dating bar." On the other hand, to perpetuate old-fashioned nights out, many damsels have come to the aid of gentlemen in financial distress. With women earning better salaries-sometimes more than their beaux-affirmative action demands Dutch treats at the very least, or even that the lady pull out her own American Express card ($6 in the late 1950s, now $35 annually...
...emotional distress of racism stifles the expression of all but the most sensitive of our artists. A direct confrontation with it leave mouths open in surprise; it is this shock that The Dark End of the Street portrays. The children of Cambridge must learn about this problem while they hang out. Here at Harvard, factions can confront each other on an intellectual basis, but on the Cambridge streets, people have to take sides. Dark End catches a group of these teenagers before they've learned to call each other "white bitch" and "nigger". When the film opens, Billy and Donna...
...University--confident, according to sources, that the property was actually worth at least $750,000--took Cambridge to court, much to the distress of city officials who pleaded with Harvard to be satisfied with the $480,000 price...
...possibility of social unrest if unemployment rises to 3 million. I don't think there will be unrest. We have got this large figure of unemployment, which causes great distress. We try to alleviate it by every method possible. What we do is called selective help. Where areas are absolutely at their worst, we give special help. That's much better than just saying we'll flood the economy with printed money. The moment you pump in bad money it debases the value of good money. Before the end of this year there should be an improvement...
Typically, the strains of medicine are felt most acutely after ten to 15 years. Early signs of distress are extramarital affairs and physical upsets, including insomnia and diarrhea. Some suicidal physicians may also avoid social contact, draw up wills or make unexpected gifts. Says U.C.L.A. Thanatologist Edwin Shneidman: "If a colleague offers you his prized microscope, you might want to sit down with him and try to identify his problem...