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...another area, that of national secrets, S. 1437 is far milder than its predecessor, but it still leaves the door open for an official secrets act and unprecedented restrictions on the freedoms of speech and press. In still another area, reform of penalties and sentencing, the bill features a set of jail terms and penalties that are far too harsh for most crimes related to drugs--not just hard stuff--and institutes mandatory penalties for a whole slew of crimes without regard to previous criminal records or the current overcrowding of already ineffective federal prisons...
...recognizable to some 60 million football addicts. First, an uncontrollable twitching of the hand, which has no television knob to turn. Next, an irrepressible urge to curse, usually at the two-minute intervals during which, normally, passes would be dropped, quarterbacks sacked, or egregiously erroneous calls made by officials. Milder side effects include the opening of phantom beer cans and hurriedly placed phone calls to bookies for a nonexistent point spread. After a six-month diet of football, the American public must shake a national habit, and the transition is not easy. In the home of the Super Bowl Champion...
...schools of agoraphobia experts agree that experience in facing new situations can moderate some of the symptoms. That seems to be the case with Joel Oppenheimer, whose attacks are now milder and far rarer. Says he: "I think it has something to do with aging and also with my divorce. When I became a single parent, I just had to get out more. Besides, agoraphobia is on its way out as a cocktail-party topic. Everyone I know is now into low blood sugar...
PATERNALISM IS ONE of the milder forms of treatment freshmen can expect from upperclassmen. Shrinivas Rajagopalan, a UHS psychologist who will teach psychology and Social Relations 2400, "The Psychology of Freshmen," in the spring, says that the more violent reactions to freshmen, like scorn, practical jokes and physical cruelty, represent a realization by the upperclassmen that he too was once ignorant and helpless. He says we should keep in mind that "being a freshman for nine months is a stage we all have to go through on the way to adulthood, much like being a fetus before...
...true, as a friend of mine contends, that a Mingus album gracing your record collection makes people think you're cool, then the 1974 recording "Changes Two" is no mean buy; you get instant coolness and some great Mingus, captured during one of his milder periods. A collection of Mingus recordings entitled "The Art Of Charles Mingus" provides a good introduction to his work from...