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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Stressing inner stability even in the face of failure, he said, "If you become tense, you lose peace, you lose sleep, you could not eat, with that strong emotional feeling...At the same time, your family, even your own dogs and cats will suffer and lose peace, too."

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: A Lama on Wheels | 10/20/1979 | See Source »

"If patience is a virtue, Edward Zlin thought to himself, I am not a virtuous man."

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Keep the Lid On | 10/19/1979 | See Source »

Ost will be flying to various ASL cities to join the Stoners each weekend when their season begins in the spring. He will be rejoining what he calls "an emotionally tight" team, all but two of whom have gone through the American college system. "You had to watch your step...

Author: By Stephen A. Herzenberg, | Title: In the Pros, Ost is Still the Most | 10/19/1979 | See Source »

LIDDY STRODE stealthily down the carpeted hallway. He paused every few steps to make sure no one heard him. He felt carefully along the wall until his hand grasped a familiar object: a doorknob. He waited again, his chest heaving. He tried to control his breathing. From inside his plaid...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: Keep the Lid On | 10/19/1979 | See Source »

Thomas's crities claim that he is overly optimistic--overawed by natural harmony. Thomas clearly believes in some grand design: he repeatedly suggests that complex systems, if left alone, will run smoothly. He carries this idea of non-intervention to extremes, however. We should cure disease, he says, because germs...

Author: By Michael Stein, | Title: Sluggish | 10/19/1979 | See Source »

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