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Most of the phobias known to behavioral scientists are relatively rare afflictions. There are, for example, only a few victims of erythrophobia (the fear of blushing) and fewer yet of melissophobia (fear of bees) or panto-phobia (fear of everything). But Princeton University Philosopher Walter Kaufmann says that there is one age-old but hitherto unrecognized fear that is nearly universal. It is "decidophobia" -the morbid dread of making fateful decisions...
...forthcoming book Beyond Guilt and Justice, to be published next winter, Kaufmann states that contemporary man has succumbed to decidophobia and in the process limited his freedom to mold his character and shape his future. The decidophobe often restricts himself, Kaufmann says, by making one of ten major choices that automatically eliminates the need for many future decisions...
Neil Vosters, playing at seven, won easily. 15-7, 15-8, 15-4. MIT's Matt Kaufmann, at number eight, was one of the most successful Engineers. He played a defensive game, rarely aiming below the service line, and forced long points. But sophomore Archie Gwathmey outplayed Kaufmann's strategy...
...greatest impetus to the rising deficits, Kaufmann stated, was the increasing cost of "telephones, secretaries, lights, electricity" and financial aid to students. He said that increasing salaries of teaching assistants was not the major factor...
...Kaufmann stressed that his office was "trying to avoid the blanket approach" in its dealings with the various departments, taking into account changes in student enrollment, purchase of needed equipment, and development of new course offerings...