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...saxophone players disgruntled? The Music section tells of a recent assembly of sax men in Toronto, how they feel unheard these days, and what they plan to do about it. In Behavior, Sociologist Vance Packard's newest book provides the basis for an unsettling look at the nomadic living habits of many Americans...
These lyrics, from a 1971 hit recording by Songstress Carole King, have struck a responsive chord in millions of Americans. That comes as no surprise to Social Critic Vance Packard. The song became popular, Packard believes, because it poignantly reflects the pain and yearning of a nation on the move. America has become a land of nomads, he says, a nation of men and women who are rootless, isolated, indifferent to community problems, shallow in personal relationships and afflicted with "unconnectedness and a lonely coldness...
...time in relation to it. To be sure, the differences in time, which become significant only at speeds approaching the velocity of light (186,000 miles a second), would be extremely small at slow jet speeds - only billionths of a second. But Hafele and Keating figured that their Hewlett-Packard atomic clocks would be up to so delicate a test. The intricate timekeepers are governed by the natural frequency of the cesium atom, which, when electrically excited, vibrates precisely 9,192,631,770 times a second...
...patients, a 17-year-old student at Annandale High School in suburban Virginia. The student helped Dr. Pollner round up 4,000 youngsters, who joined him in a 32-mile march. They raised $6,000 and won pledges of funds and equipment from the United Auto Workers, Hewlett-Packard and several pharmaceutical companies. Pollner's makeshift clinic won the support of the local white population in Mississippi and last summer attracted four registered nurses and some 30 student volunteers. They helped the doctor treat up to 50 patients a day. Now, Pollner observes: "The patients got better...
...Packard was noted for a candor that sometimes put him in opposition to the Nixon Administration. Initially, for example, he argued against the bailout of ailing Lockheed Aircraft with Government funds. In recent months, Packard has privately expressed irritation at taking orders from White House aides. But he did not resign out of any hard feelings. He exchanged letters of lavish praise with the President. He plans to stay for a while in Washington to advise Laird, who is looking for a replacement for him. Two replacements, in fact. Considering the burden of the job, the White House is asking...