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...perch high above the highway gives him a special perspective; he can spot traffic patterns developing ahead more readily than the car-bound motorist. He scorns the tourists who dart in and out of traffic. Independent trucking operators pose another hazard, for they often overload their rigs and use pep pills to stay awake on long hauls, which can make them dangerously overtired on the road. The men driving for the big companies superstitiously shy away from rigs that they know have been rebuilt after a wreck. The road limits a man's vision of the world...
Since the children are overactive and irritable, it seems illogical to treat them with pep-pills. Psychiatrists doing research along traditional lines would not have been likely to hit upon this method. The discovery of the drugs' effect was made by Dr. Charles Bradley at the Emma Pendleton Bradley Hospital in Rhode Island in 1937, when he gave Benzedrine to 30 children who had a variety of behavior disorders. The stimulant calmed those who were hyperkinetic, and also improved their school performance. But Bradley's pioneering work was virtually ignored for almost 20 years, mainly perhaps because...
Nasser and leaders from six other Arab nations had just concluded a three-day summit in Tripoli that had served as a great pep rally for new efforts against Israel. They discussed the lack of action on the eastern (Syria-Jordan) front, and Libya's new strongman, Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, pointedly criticized "the absence from the battle of some Arab forces." Even as the Arab leaders conferred, the Syrian army, as if stung by the criticism, started strong attacks against Israel. Massed artillery began the offensive with bombardment of Israeli positions. Under the cover of the barrage, Syrian tanks...
...diary of the author's ups and downs with the New York Yankees, the Seattle Pilots and the Astros, tells all. As serialized in Look, the insider's view of the national pastime is the hottest thing to hit the clubhouse since "greenies," the pep pills that Bouton says are used by half the players to perk up their game. Several big-leaguers needed more than greenies to keep from turning red when asked about the book. St. Louis Cardinal Pitcher Bob Gibson: "He stabbed his friends in the back for money." Astro First Baseman Joe Pepitone...
German Expectations. The White House made a few gestures last week toward papering over the cracks in the Administration. Some 250 sub-Cabinet policymakers from every department were summoned to what one irreverently called a "pep rally" in the State Department's west auditorium. They got a welcome from Agnew and briefings on Cambodia and the economy. Nixon held a Cabinet meeting, the first since April 13, but left after 90 minutes without hearing any discussion of the Hickel letter or of dissent on the nation's campuses...