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...want to be the governor for the people who play by the rules, who want to make the most of their lives, who work hard day-to-day, who know that there is no quick fix, no easy jackpot, no success without effort," Roosevelt said last month...
...pleased and satisfied, which is a lot of pleasure in a country this big. The happiest ones are the monogamous couples, married or not. Despite jobs and careers that eat away at their evenings and weekends and nasty whiny children who dog their footsteps and despite the need to fix meals and vacuum the carpet and pay bills, these couples still manage to encounter each other regularly in a lustful, inquisitive way and throw their clothes in the corner and do thrilling things in the dark and cry out and breathe hard and afterward lie sweaty together feeling extreme pleasure...
E.A.I., one of the most controversial young corporations in the country, has long searched for a whole district that would put its methods to the test. Under the five-year contract, which starts immediately, E.A.I. will pay the bills, buy supplies, fix buildings, shape curriculum, train teachers and, when it's all over, pocket half of every dollar, if any, it saves the city of Hartford. The company said it would immediately pump $1.6 million into fixing the most ramshackle buildings, and another $14 million into new technology. The board remains in final control, and can cancel the contract...
Harvard Real Estate representatives have tried to fix the fireplace, the owners said, but only after many complaints...
...conventional wisdom of psychiatry -- and his increasingly high profile. What causes Breggin to rail against his profession is its eagerness to embrace technology, from the early zeal for lobotomies and electroshock to the modern reliance on such psychoactive drugs as Thorazine and lithium. In looking for the quick fix, Breggin argues, too many psychiatrists have forgotten the importance of love, hope and empathy in maintaining sanity. The power to heal the mind lies in people, he says, not pills...