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Zombie. Another problem is what Manhattan Psychoanalyst Chaim Shatan calls the emotional anesthesia of captivity, a kind of psychological numbing that deadens feeling. Explains Los Angeles Psychiatrist Helen Tausend: "Many prisoners learn to cope with their situation by setting up low-key reactions in themselves-a kind of little death to save themselves from a bigger death." Back in the outside world, they often display a "zombie reaction"-apathy, withdrawal, lack of spontaneity and suppression of individuality. The symptoms often disappear quickly, but Shatan estimates that they can easily last three years. To a certain extent, he says, "You never...
WITH his infinite capacity for surprise, President Nixon last week unfurled Phase III-a new anti-inflation program that goes much further than almost anyone had expected toward giving more economic freedom to managers and workers. Though the change was dramatic, the announcement was carefully low-key. Instead of the presidential TV address that started the wage-price freeze 17 months ago or the flurry of last-minute directives and guidelines that launched Phase II, there was only an executive order, a message to Congress and some press briefings. The shunning of theatrics was appropriate: it reflected a decision...
There is a preface by Ray Bradbury, and some glossy prints of the original cast. But the old scripts are the heart of the book. This is no retrospective interpretation of Vic and Sade. The characters are presented just as they were-gentle, funny, low-key and as timeless as the telephone poles...
...weakness. Says one colleague: "Mansfield tries to lead within the confines and strictures of this goddam institution, but we need stronger leadership." His Republican counterpart, Minority Leader Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania, has been similarly criticized. A pipe-puffing moderate, Scott can grandstand if necessary but prefers low-key methods. He and Mansfield are good friends and work well together, despite certain differences on the Administration and the Viet Nam War. Mansfield, a harsh critic of the Nixon Administration and an outspoken foe of the Viet Nam War, now seems intent on restoring Congress's position...
...never been quite able to shake. Critics variously complained that he was an ambitious opportunist and as "spontaneous as a robot." This time, perhaps to give himself a more statesmanlike image, Barzel abandoned the slashing political style that voters had come to expect from him, and conducted a deliberately low-key campaign. He performed well, but seldom turned crowds on, and somehow gave the impression of lacking conviction. In a way, he was under more pressure than Brandt: this was probably the only chance that the C.D.U. would give him to try for the chancellorship...