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Benzedrine Letdown. Fearful of wrenching the new-made state apart at the seams, the parliamentarians of the Knesset have been egg-walking through a series of compromises between the secular and sacred. The rabbinate has even made a few tactical concessions (most recent: rescinding the rule that before marriage all brides must produce a "certificate of purity" given after a visit to the ritual bath). But for the most part, Polish-born Chief Rabbi Yitzhak Halevi Herzog and his fellow rabbis have dug in their heels and refused to budge, confident in the prophecy of the great 12th century philosopher...
...Government economists were called to a White House meeting last week to report on the business outlook. Their conclusion: a good chance of a strong fall pickup, and no general business letdown this year or in the early months...
...suddenly said, "I can see Joe." He soon explained that often, before a seizure, he had a mental picture of himself bathing with his friend Joe. The electrical stimulus had flashed that picture on his mind's screen. What may be just as important was the researchers' letdown: they could never get that picture back again...
...merchants always expect a big letdown after the big Christmas rush. But last week they reported that the New Year's business had started off much bigger than they had dared expect. In some places (e.g., Detroit, Houston), stores reported sales running 15% to 23% higher than a year ago; for the U.S. as a whole, retail dollar volume...
This hope springs from two shadowy sources. First, they point to the possibility of a Crimson letdown after the Dartmouth game, combined with a complacent attitude provoked by the Wildcats' one-and-four record...