Word: personalities
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Questioned by TIME, three experts said, however, that Kennedy's behavior was not unusual for a person who had suffered such an experience. By simple definition, shock causes a person to dissociate himself temporarily from threatening circumstances. Subconsciously seeking the protective company of those he knew, Kennedy might thus have passed up nearby houses that could have offered help for the more certain, if more distant safety of his friends. "No one knows what his own breaking point is," says Dr. Max Sadove, professor at the University of Illinois Medical School. "It is different at different times for different people...
That was about as close as Collins, the affable, relaxed Air Force lieutenant colonel, would get. Before the trip, he complained good-humoredly that because he would be piloting Columbia during the moon walk, he would be "about the only person in the world who won't get to see the thing on television." He asked Houston to save a videotape for him. At least, said Collins, "I'm going...
...grief reaction to sudden death runs a predictable if painful course. After the loss, surviving family members may suffer from such psychosomatic complaints as gastrointestinal or respiratory problems. They are also likely to pass through a series of other disorders, from visions of the dead person to guilt feelings to hostility toward life itself. Psychologists who have studied grief recognize the importance of community support for bereaved persons. Sadly enough, even well-meaning family and friends are often unable to provide it-partly because of their own embarrassment over the subject of death...
...whole mind," recalls Fonda. "My conscience began to show. I was no longer competitive. I grew my hair and sometimes a beard." Getting busted for possessing pot simply confirmed his new convictions. "I began to get less offers from Hollywood. I developed the reputation of being a difficult person...
...wish Woody might have finished his labors,. But then it is impossible to picture so energetic and zestful a person as Woody basking in retirement. He probably would have chosen to be still in full harness at the end. And he would have reminded us mourners of the title of that cantata by his earthly god Bach, which he loved, performed , wrote about, and recorded: "Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit...