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Forty years after Freud's death, the effectiveness of his therapy is still being debated, even among psychiatrists and psychologists who generally accept his theories and discoveries. (A sample panel discussion, scheduled for next month in New York City: "The Outcome of Psychotherapy: Benefit, Harm or No Change?") Psychoanalysts usually cite the "one-third" rule of thumb: of all patients, one-third are eventually "cured," one-third are helped somewhat, and one-third are not helped at all. The trouble is that most therapies, including some outlandish ones, also claim some improvement for two-thirds of their patients. Critics argue...
That is so even though laws have been on the books since 1917 banning intentional disclosure of defense secrets that could harm the U.S. The laws are so broad and so murky that in theory they could be aimed at leakers and the press. In practice, however, they are used only on spies. Part of the reason is the First Amendment. But prosecuting leaks also runs a different risk: confirming that the leaked information is true, and disclosing even more secrets at a trial. This dilemma has vexed the Government for years in conventional espionage cases, but it drew little...
...Morland's material came from "unclassified sources," the Government claimed that publication should be barred under the Atomic Energy Act of 1946, which prohibits the dissemination of secret information about nuclear weapons. The article, said the Government's suit, would "result in grave, direct, immediate and irreparable harm to the national security...
...some of the $8.7 million a year his group raises. The situation could take years to untangle. The two organizations together depend on contributions and account for nearly $17 million of the estimated $30 million a year raised for such ventures, and their embarrassing fight could do more harm to the program than anything Communist police and customs officers might dream...
...considering two things. The first is that after three consecutive years of losing to Princeton the Harvard squash dynasty is definitely over and it's about time that its partner, overconfidence, depart with it. From now on, any belief in the innate greatness of the Crimson racquetmen can only harm the team and certainly harmed them this year. As Reese noted, "If we were in fact lacking something this year, it probably has something to do with the attitude that 'Harvard is best.' I think there will be a much better attitude next year...