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...year, the Communists have so successfully carried their annual offensive into the rainy season that Souvanna Phouma last week asked the French government to help "put a stop" to what he described as "invasion" by North Viet Nam. In Washington, the U.S. announced that it, too, was perturbed over recent Communist gains...
...next morning, she had lawyers on the phone discussing damage suits against Capote and NBC. As for why Capote chose to attack her, she told reporters that "poor vulnerable Truman" was probably miffed about an imitation of his high, lispy voice that she had done on a recent Joey Bishop Show...
...careful use of discipline is the heart of several recent approaches. Adopting the principles of reinforcement therapy (TIME, July 11), psychologists at the U.C.L.A. Neuropsychiatric Institute put autistic children through a demanding series of exercises. The therapist waits for them to perform a small act as a normal child would, then quickly rewards them with praise and a few bits of cereal or an M & M candy. If they revert to autistic behavior, he promptly says "No," and may even strike them. After literally hundreds of repetitions, the rewardable behavior begins to replace autistic distraction, and the children...
During his six years at Vanderbilt, Heard has sought greater student and faculty involvement in governing the university, and this year added recent graduates to the board of trustees. He has strengthened the teaching of sciences and created the rank of "distinguished professor," a device that allows the university to exceed authorized salaries to attract better teachers. Taking a strong stand against segregation, he has worked to increase black enrollment (103 out of 6,000). He shows a thoughtful understanding of student dissent and told a group of Memphis businessmen this year that sending in police is bad because...
...loans has begun to taper. The Federal Reserve Board last week announced that loans at major banks declined in July for two weeks, dropping by $262 million to $78.3 billion. One consequence is that interest rates are beginning to lessen, if ever so slightly. A string of three big recent bond issues -Weyerhaeuser, National Cash and Dow Chemical-all sold at successively lower yields, ranging downward from...