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Concentration of Critics. Still, the preferred life style is by no means all drugs and sex. Almost all of the freshmen still believe in the institution of marriage, and a majority continue to view religion as an important part of their lives. As for careers, less than half admitted that making money was an important goal. A majority plan to enter the professions; almost half said that they intend to teach...
...freshmen's heroes? More than half say they have none. Among the political leaders of the '60s, they most admire John F. Kennedy, Robert F. Kennedy, Martin Luther King and Eugene McCarthy. Among leaders now active, they approve of McCarthy, Senator Edmund Muskie, Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes, Eldridge Cleaver and-of all people-Richard Nixon. Apparently convinced that he is sincerely trying to end the war and reform the draft, two out of three freshmen expressed respect for the President. But given the capacity of small student minorities to disrupt campuses and bedevil presidents, that vote of confidence...
...home movie projector and screen. When perfected, the SV converter will be able to play movies, operas, lessons-or even deliver an audio-visual TV magazine. RCA hopes to begin marketing the first SV adapters in 1972 for a retail price of "under $400." Six-inch cartridges, providing a half-hour of color programming, would initially cost about $10 apiece but could be rented for far less...
Last year CBS Laboratories introduced its own playback system, called Electronic Video Recording (EVR). But the RCA version-which works through a combination of laser beams and holography-would cost the consumer only half as much. The model RCA demonstrated last week, however, was still a primitive prototype with grainy picture, color distortion and no sound...
...abruptly but insidiously, and many treat it as if it were flu. After three days of fever, headache and vomiting, victims often deteriorate rapidly, with skin hemorrhages, nosebleeds, bloody vomiting, clammy hands and feet and abdominal pain. The febrile, blood-depleted patient may enter shock, which proves fatal for half of those...