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When . . . we talk of 'psychology as a natural science? we must not assume that that means a sort of psychology that stands at last on solid ground. It means just the reverse: It means a psychology particularly fragile, and into which the waters of metaphysical eroticism leak at every joint, a psychology all of whose assumptions and data must be reconsidered in wider connections and translated into other terms. It is, in short, a phrase of diffidence, and not of arrogance...
...this judgment. With great virtuosity, they proved that organ grafts between animals were surgically possible. Guthrie even succeeded in grafting a second head onto a dog; more constructively, he and Carrel learned how to stitch together the ends of small, slippery blood vessels so that they would neither leak nor become clogged by clots. But for all their dexterity, the scientists did not solve the problem of getting organ grafts between two individuals to take...
Search for a Leak. The Star played Fryklund's story on Page One under the headline AIR FORCE HITS TFX PROBE TACTICS. The story irritated Arkansas' Senator John McClellan, the subcommittee chairman, since he felt it reflected on his staff...
This time McNamara did not call the FBI, but summoned his Air Force inspector general, burly, crew-cut Lieut. General W. H. ("Butch" I Blanchard. The general swept right into the leak-seeking game by calling Reporter Fryklund to his office and asking him point-blank who gave him the memo. Fryklund stood firm upon his obligation to protect his sources, so Blanchard unleashed his plainclothes investigators...
Practical experience with Relay, the communications satellite built by RCA, was no help. Relay, which went into orbit on Dec. 13, refused to work properly right from the start; a defective part let most of the power leak out of its storage battery. But Relay still obeyed commands. It was told to throw switches to isolate the faulty transponder (transmitter-receiver). Solar cells were able to recharge the satellite's battery. Last week Relay was in operation, using its spare transponder...