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...found that unrestricted abortions were not only troubling the nurses' consciences but also bringing to the surface all of "their deep, unresolved personal conflicts regarding birth, death, sex and aggression." Setting up a number of group meetings, the two psychiatrists encouraged the nurses to talk freely about their pent-up thoughts. It soon became evident to most that their turbulent feelings and reactions were widely shared, normal and perfectly understandable to the psychiatrists...
...Compared with last year, General Motors' post-tax earnings in 1971's first quarter jumped 75%, to $610 million, capping the heaviest quarterly sales in its history. That was largely the result of a buying splurge following the lengthy auto workers' strike, but G.M. reports that pent-up demand has now been wholly satisfied. Profits also climbed sharply at Ford (up 37%, to $169 million) and at Chrysler, which reported first-quarter earnings of $10.8 million v. a loss of $27.4 million in the equivalent period last year...
Fewer Frills. Seldom have so many fundamental forces lined up simultaneously to support a rise in housing. Young adults are forming families at a rate some 40% higher than during the 1950s and early 1960s, and hundreds of thousands of them have moved in with relatives, creating a pent-up demand. Home and apartment vacancies in metropolitan areas remain close to a 15-year...
...years of black efforts for freedom have been nothing more than spiritual masturbation," he said, "They have blunted the impact of pent-up desires and have built up the desire for the real thing...
...major integrated institutions will obviously not be able to take all of them. Although the Negro schools should not exclude whites-most of them, in fact, do have at least a few enrolled now-they will remain, in the commission's view, an "invaluable resource" for accommodating the pent-up black demand for higher education...