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...this was in a sense only an understandable reaction against the fact that too many vast demands are made on the family these days. Throughout most of Western history, until the 20th century, society as a whole strongly supported the family institution. It was the family's duty to instruct children in moral values, but it derived those values from church, from philosophers, from social traditions. Now most of these supports are weakened, or gone. Yet politicians and other prophets often blame the family for decline in morals and morale?as if the family could be separated from society...
...into three independent lobes. If one lobe detects an error not subsequently confirmed by its two partners, the outvoted lobe will also be dismissed. Later, it may be given another chance. But if it continues to disagree with its partners, they will perform an electronic lobotomy on it and instruct a replacement to do the job. Explains Avižienis: "The majority kicks out the minority, brainwashes a spare with what it knows, and then continues...
Exotic excursions into odd corners of cookery have some license to charm rather than instruct. But a working cookbook should be a textbook. It requires patient research, decent expository prose, and-on the publisher's part-painstaking work on editing and layout. Most cookbooks seem to aim solely for brevity. Beat the eggs with the sugar simply will not do unless it is followed by how long to beat and what the result should look or act like. No cookbook user is unfamiliar with that terse and truly enigmatic staple of mousse and souffle recipes: Fold in egg whites...
Treating Rat Bites. However unconventional they may be in dress and tone, the Stoners do not entirely rule out the traditional. Their Scoutmasters -mostly young Viet Nam veterans-do instruct them in camping and field survival. This month the troop will journey to Camp Alpine, N.J., to hike, camp and cook out. But it is still the allure of survival in the city that seems most attractive to the Stoners. "I dig the Stoners because they teach us how to live in the city," says Ricardo Reed, 14. "They teach us how to treat rat bites and stuff like that...
Even when students' requests are refused, Dean Epps believes his office can make a positive contribution. During the past month some 350 undergraduates have come to see Epps with specific requests, many of which were turned down. As part of an academic community, Epps believes that he can instruct students who see him in the principles of administration, especially those whose requests are refused. Functioning as a "teaching office" in the concepts of administration, Epps wants to stress his principle of equity: Exceptions are allowable only up to the point that administration of the rule becomes unfair. Adherence to this...