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...their part, many psychiatrists suffer from an anti-religious bias that is part of the "general positivistic atmosphere of our time," said Dr. Stern-"the belief that science is the only fountain of truth and that revelation is bunk." Some would go so far as to say that scientific progress has made religion obsolete. Others, more moderate, blame religion and its moral codes for causing neurotic anxiety based on feelings of guilt...
...usual, some of the early-starters caught the worst of early June's uneven weather. Horrible example: in Washington's Carter Barron Amphitheater the youthful National Ballet Company of Canada, a fountain display called "Dancing Waters" and some unchoreographed water from the clouds joined forces. But the capital's outdoor musical types imperturbably risked the damp and cold, turned out an average 3,000 strong every night for the first week. The Carter Barron budget allows for one rained-out night for each of its 13 weeks...
...years the Institute doled out Ferguson's fund to adorn Chicago with a dozen statues, among them symbolic figures representing The Republic, Equestrian Indians and the most famous, Carl Milles's Fountain of the Tritons, next to the Art Institute itself. By the early '30s, city planners had begun losing their enthusiasm for heroic busts and bronzes, and the Art Institute took the precaution of getting a court to rule that "monuments" in the context of Ferguson's bequest could also mean "buildings." This year the Art Institute leaned on the old court ruling and announced...
Frustrated Gulls. The mess is a pleasant spot,-with plastic-topped tables for four men, russet leather and aluminum chairs and a 21-inch TV set. Near the chow line is a "gedunk" soda fountain. The gleaming galley has most of the comforts of modern living, including an electric mixer, a potato peeler, a dishwasher, and a garbage grinder that should frustrate gulls and porpoises. Elsewhere on the ship are a 15-lb. washing machine and a steam dryer and presser...
...late summer (Aug. 21-Sept. 10) Edinburgh Festival. In Madrid all hotels were filled, and at the bullfights, Americans sat in the best seats (shade). At 11 o'clock one night last week, no fewer than 75 Americans were happily throwing coins into Rome's famed Trevi Fountain, thus, according to legend, ensuring a return trip...