Word: equilibrium
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...being powerless victims, having to follow orders. Many of us always wavered between arrogance and submission. After the war, for instance, it was dreadful to see how eager some people were to endear themselves to the Americans. It will take a form of national psychotherapy to bring this into equilibrium...
...worries of their friendly neighbors.' " Mitterrand last week conceded "the Germans' fundamental right to self-determination." But then he quickly added, "That said, the Germans must take into consideration the engagements that bind us to each other, to European security, to the future of the Community, to European equilibrium...
...NATO -- still has a major role to play in Europe, especially before more sweeping arms-control agreements come into force and before a new political equilibrium is established on the Continent...
Most people recover their emotional equilibrium in about a year, though the trauma can easily last longer. In general, researchers have found that people cope with natural disasters better than man-made ones. And those who have suffered physical injuries often fare better ultimately than those who escape unhurt...
...that this myriad of feedback circuits resemble the mathematical models of thinking being developed for the new science of artificial intelligence. A forest or a coral reef or a whole planet, then, with its checks and balances and feedback loops and delicate adjustments always striving for light and equilibrium, is like a mind. In this way of thinking, pollution is literal insanity (Bateson was also a psychologist). To dump toxic waste in a swamp, say, is like trying to repress a bad thought or like hitting your wife every night and assuming that because she doesn't fight back...