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...long ago, the Administration was considered an artful, managerial mechanism, oiled with serenity, unanimity and self-confidence. Now it showed symptoms of severe internal distress. Interior Secretary Walter Hickel's letter of criticism to the President (see box, page 10) and the abrupt resignation of two young Administration staffers were among the most tangible signs of strain. There were also hints of basic disagreement in the Cabinet over the Cambodian decision?hints that Nixon declined to deny at a hastily called press conference. On Capitol Hill dissension increased daily...
...Japanese cameras. Producers have profited from sales abroad of U.S. aircraft and computers, heavy machinery and soft drinks. The domestic economy gained as well, because international competition helped check inflation. The boons were so apparent that protectionism has been in steady retreat. Now in 1970, a year of economic distress, protectionism is making a comeback...
Housek is a high school teacher who had brought a $175,000 damage suit against a student who allegedly assaulted him. He claimed that the crack on the jaw caused him "severe mental and emotional distress." In California, as in many states, whenever a person makes such a claim he automatically waives his right to privacy in any relevant relations with a doctor. Each year, many psychiatrists respond to subpoenas or requests from their patients and reveal all kinds of secrets...
Delimited Distress. None of this impressed the judge. As a result, the determinedly silent psychiatrist was taken to the San Mateo County Jail, where he spent three days in a cell before the California Supreme Court let him out, pending its review of his case...
...avoid public embarrassment. It emphasized that judges should limit the scope of the inquiry in the light of "the nature of the injuries which the patient-litigant himself has brought before the court." In such cases, it suggested, patients should attempt to "delimit" the nature of their mental distress in advance, so that courts can bar questions that delve unnecessarily into "specific intimate factual circumstances." On that basis, Lifschutz decided to talk...