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...CHAPTER 123 of the General Laws of Massachusetts were enforced rigorously, few of us would be able to escape confinement in the mental institutions of this state. The statute provides for the involuntary commitment of any person ". . . subject to a disease, psychosis, psychoneurosis or character disorder which renders him so deficient in judgment or emotional control that he is in danger of causing physical harm to himself or to others, . . . or is likely to conduct himself in a manner which clearly violates the established laws, ordinances, conventions, or morals of the community." (Emphasis supplied...
...Massachusetts, as elsewhere in this country, the decision to commit a person against his will is made almost exclusively by psychiatrists. The loose language of the Massachusetts statute--which has not been substantially amended in almost a century--establishes such meaningless criteria for commitment that in practice it usually precludes effective court proceedings and review...
Asked to balance his accomplishments in swimming with the sacrifices he has had to make, Adams concluded "it's too bad a person can't participate in swimming and still find time for other activities. But I have no regrets. I would do it all over again if I had the chance...
...general experience outside Harvard, I have never had a black person ask to be referred to a black psychiatrist," Blaine said. "This separated feeling is something new within the last few years...
Over the weekend, Americans were treated to a radically different political style in the person of Robert Kennedy. Whether by design or not, Kennedy suggests youth as opposed to wisdom, bashfulness as opposed to frankness. He worries a lot about his hair and counts his teeth as a clear asset. Like his older brother, he is attracted to a vague kind of fancy rhetoric, consisting chiefly of parallelisms (often redundant) and alliteration (often meaningless). This means he is attracted to a speechwriter named Ted Sorensen, who apparently drafted Kennedy's kick-off speech Saturday and who cab boast some...