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CONSIDER THE parallel problems of faith which bedevil both Christians and Freudians. The two groups subscribe to systems of thought which account for the origin, present behavior, and likely end of all humanity. Both rely for guidance on assertive, highly-trained, and often pessimistic experts. The substantive teachings of both systems are found in a series of books allegedly linked by a single author and a single author and a single point of view. Those outside are discouraged from converting by evident discrepancies between theory and practice...
...Medicine section, TIME has always sought two goals: to report and, perhaps more important, to clarify even the most esoteric technical subjects. In recent years it has run cover stories on medical matters as diverse as the dangers of cholesterol, the health effects of stress and the origin and treatment of pain. As this week's cover story on the artificial heart illustrates, TIME'S purpose has again been not only to relay the news of surgical procedures and laboratory discoveries but to place those advances in a larger context...
...what these clubs contribute to the College community, College Life (of which I am a member, but not a spokesperson) is trying to lead the Clubs to accepting women. The Committee acts under the assumption that no College group may, discriminate on the basis of sex, religion, race, national origin, sexual orientation, or physical disability. Nonetheless, we grant some groups, such as the Krokodiloes and the Radcliffe Rugby Club, exemptions from part of the clause. It could be that social clubs will be able to show us reasons to exempt them. I take our committment to non-discrimination seriously, however...
Ture aligned his cause with Christianity and Judaism, recalling that Ethiopia was the origin of these religions...
Wackerbarth and Clarke take the different tack of tacky. Since symbolic red sofas are not a literary or cinematic commonplace, they started right off with a metaphor in search of a meaning. Least Heat Moon's informative but overly journalistic commentary describes the origin of the sofa project in an unused college swimming pool, revealing in a reverent tone that the photographers initially envisioned suing the Red Couch "to disturb the commonplace into something new, and then photograph the results." The presence of the sofa in every picture imposes self-consciousness on the photos, becoming a big red photographic...