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...first battered husbands may overlook their wives' occasional outbursts of physical punishment and simply hope they blow over. But before long a flurry of wifely fists is part of the domestic routine. Says Family Therapist Norman Paul of Boston: "They think their wives' violence is part of family life. They have come to accept it." Paralyzed by shame and guilt, they are reluctant to seek help from anyone-family, friends, counselors or the cops. Explains Steinmetz: "Police are a symbol of manhood, and it is simply too much to approach a policeman and say, The little woman...
...inflation. Not only do imports cost more, but U.S. exporters also collect more dollars for their products abroad, and so they sometimes conclude that they can increase their prices at home too. As more American goods flood Europe, Triffin hears the cries rising for protectionism. Americans often overlook the fact that the U.S. enjoyed a $7 billion surplus in trade with Western Europe last year. Because the dollar has become grossly undervalued, many American goods are "cheap" in world markets, and the U.S. is often looked upon abroad with the same suspicion that Japan is viewed...
...contradictions inherent in living in the womb that is Harvard are too easy to overlook. Anger may be inefficient, but complacency comes too easily. In the blood of the martyrs grow the seedlings that become the oaken beams of the church; if we remember Che even here in Cambridge, then maybe we can remember the injustices and contradictions that thread our country and the world. Perhaps in our righteous anger we will do something for the hungry, sick and numbed people of the world that extends beyond Currier and past Mather, the people who never join in the dance that...
...there in my office with her, that she is not exactly what you call a great beauty. Then it struck me that this is who this story is about: a nice-looking girl, a sexy girl, but not the best-looking girl in the class. Someone you would almost overlook...
...dogs." A similar result is found among human patients-even people in deep comas often show improved heart rates when their hands are held by doctors or nurses. Lynch's point is that medical personnel intuitively know the healing value of the human touch but sometimes manage to overlook the principle because it seems unscientific...