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...that token, and according to the findings of Psychiatrist Viktor E. Frankl of the University of Vienna, Americans really need to have their heads examined. Addressing the annual meeting of the Academy of Religion and Mental Health in Manhattan a fortnight ago, Dr. Frankl said that psychoanalysts are more and more frequently encountering a new neurosis characterized by loss of interest and lack of initiative, against which conventional psychoanalysis is ineffective...
...Fortnight ago, Snell ran in the Los Angeles Coliseum Relays against two of the U.S.'s fleetest milers: Dyrol Burleson (best time: 3 min. 57.6 sec.) and Jim Grelle (3 min. 58.9 sec.). Burleson, who had beaten Snell twice before, was confident of victory, and for the first three-quarters of the race, it looked as though he might win. Snell was maintaining a 5-yd. lead, but the lanky Oregonian is well known for his finishing kick. With only an eighth of a mile to go, Snell lowered his head and started sprinting. By the time Burleson reacted...
Most racers would have taken time off to recuperate. Not Van Looy. Fortnight ago, the Emperor and his red guard pedaled out of Milan om the start of one of bike racing's toughest and richest events: the $72,000 Giro d'Italia, a 21-day marathon that winds 2,608 miles around the Italian peninsula and traverses 6000-ft.-high mountain passes in a brutal test of stamina as well as speed. Last week, with seven legs completed and 14 to go, Van Looy suffered from stomach and leg cramps. But he was within striking distance...
...Fortnight ago, however, the $73 million appropriation was finally brought to the floor of the House. "It is a debt of honor." said one Congressman. But it was also a debt on which many Congressmen thought that the U.S. could safely renege-and they were aided by the bungling of the House leadership. So confident were Speaker John McCormack and his whips that the bill would pass that they failed to make sure of their votes. Unaware that the Administration attached much importance to the bill, many Congressmen decided to strike a money-saving pose. Said one Representative...
Since December, when the Dow-Jones industrial index hit an alltime high of 734.91, it has dropped with a speed that has left many a stomach queasy. Fortnight ago, the index fell even farther than it had in the week following Dwight Eisenhower's 1955 heart attack (see chart...