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...land that gave birth to the cuckoo clock seems finally to have figured out what time it is. Switzerland's new ambassador in Washington, Alfred Defago, has correctly deduced that he needs the best p.r. advice Swiss francs can buy. So he has turned to Jay Footlik, who recently rounded off more than three years as the Clinton White House's chief liaison to America's Jewish community. Footlik has begun helping the envoy orchestrate a campaign of meetings with Jewish groups that began shortly before the High Holidays of Rosh Hashana and Yom Kippur...
...handsome, 31-year-old former actor, Footlik appeared in several forgettable 1980s flicks, including Teen Wolf, with Michael J. Fox, and Iron Eagle, with Louis Gossett Jr., as well as in TV ads for McDonald's and American Airlines. He recently helped pave the way for Defago to appear before the Chicago Board of Rabbis and admit to Switzerland's numerous transgressions during and after World War II. So far, the new ambassador's shtick is playing a lot better than that of his predecessor, Carlo Jagmetti, who resigned in disgrace after saying that Switzerland...
Walking on Clouds. The foundation's shock technique attempts to jar the children into attention and keep them from being distracted. Administrative Director S. Willard Footlik explains that the degree of force is fitted to the needs of each pupil and contends that "the children realize we aren't yelling at them because we're mad at them." The commands, he says, are always something the children are capable of carrying out-and when they do, "they walk on clouds because they have succeeded." The harsh drills are designed to help the children to control their actions...
...three years old, the nonprofit foundation handles up to 350 children in each eleven-week term. Most have been referred by Chicago area schools, psychologists or social agencies. School officials report that children who take the training often double their rate of learning; Footlik claims that the clinic so far has not failed to improve the reading ability of any child who sticks with the drills long enough. No one yet knows, however, whether the bullying technique has harmful long-range effects on personality development. James Weddell, director of Purdue University's Achievement Center for Children, says some...
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