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...pervasive is the American bias against the short man, Saul Feldman told a recent meeting of the American Sociological Association, that no one notices it-no one, that is, except the short man himself. To Sociologist Feldman of Case Western Reserve University, that point is well illustrated by the language. Instead of the neutral "What is your height?", the question is always the invidious "How tall are you?" Dishonest cashiers shortchange customers, and people who lack foresight are shortsighted...
...when he succeeds-despite the tall odds against him-the short man is accused of being a "little Napoleon." This might be one reason, perhaps, that Americans usually favor the tall political candidate: Feldman says that since 1900 the taller of the two major presidential candidates has always been sent to the White House,* even when the margin was Richard Nixon's one-inch advantage over Hubert Humphrey...
...Feldman's reckoning, however, Nixon is soon due for a long rest in San Clemente. Except for Humphrey, all the current major Democratic contenders are taller than the President. Edmund Muskie is a Lincolnesque 6 ft. 4 in., Edward Kennedy 6 ft. 2 in., and George McGovern...
...Richard J. Cohen of Adams House and Waban; Robert C. Feldman of Quincy House and Chestnut Hill; Donald J. Gogel of Adams House and Livingston, N. J.; Benedict H. Gross of Adams House and West Orange, N. J.; Jeffrey G. Heath of Quincy House and Exeter, N. H.; Martin H. Kaplan of Dunster House and Union, N. J.; Ted R. Kohler of Winthrop House and Marion, Ohio; Steven E. Levy of Eliot House and Syosset...
...NETTA FELDMAN Elizabeth...