Word: human
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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COLLECTED ESSAYS, by Graham Greene. The novelist repeatedly drives home the same obsessive point: "Human nature is not black and white but black and grey...
...that people do repeat the errors and evils of the past, over and over and over again. The reality these playwrights ignore is that man is a finite being, bound always to act and react within the limits of his nature, "a fallen creature" in religious terms. If the human character could be altered and improved by a play, it would have happened ages ago. All wars would have ended 2,000 years ago with The Trojan Women-the greatest and most moving antiwar play ever written...
Says the report: "The extreme opprobrium that our society has attached to homosexual behavior has done more social harm than good, and goes beyond what is necessary for the maintenance of public order and human decency. Homosexuality presents a major problem for our society largely because of the amount of injustice and suffering entailed in it, not only for the homosexual but also for those concerned about...
...counseling and prevention are most effective, to develop new ones and delve into the still uncertain patterns and multiple causes of homosexuality, the task force recommends establishment of a major U.S. center for the study of sexuality-from sex patterns in animals to all kinds of normal and abnormal human sexual behavior. Too often in the past, it says, competent researchers have been discouraged from entering the field by the taboos that surround it-and by the difficulties of obtaining research funds. Other key points: teachers and youth-group counselors should be better informed about homosexuality so that they...
Metabolic Variation. As the reason for his ban, Finch cited new evidence that cyclamates cause cancer in animals. At the same time, he emphasized that there is as yet "no evidence that they have indeed caused cancer in humans." HEW, he said, was being prudent, and will now check other food additives to see whether they may be harmful to human health...