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...typical victim reveals the disorder on the very first day of his life. This baby stares at the world with a fixed, forlorn expression; he is devoid of reflexes; he cannot coordinate sucking and swallowing. Later he may seem to cry-but without tears. He will never revel in the joys of candy; he cannot taste the difference between sweet and sour. When he burns himself, he may not even feel the pain. He is a victim of dysautonomia-an inherited malfunction of the nervous system...
...TIME to state that Sylvia Plath "adds a powerful voice to the rising chorus of American bards who practice poetry as abreaction" (aberration?) is to sanction what today is the "in" thing to dp-lift the lid off the cesspool and revel in its bad odors. Spare us the ravings of the "confessional poet": poetry is no place for psychotic self-purgation. Miss Plath is typical of those who, in the words of Poet GustaV Davidson, have "corrupted poetry by emptying it of music, magic and meaning...
From two to five times a week Javits commutes from Washington to New York. Last week, for example, he was in Manhattan for a cafe society Shakespeare Festival revel (see MODERN LIVING), flew down to the capital early the next morning. The Senator's heavy travel schedule is wearing and inconvenient, though it suits Marion, who refuses to live in Washington. After enduring the capital for a few months when he was a freshman Congressman, she fled back to Manhattan and has lived there ever since. "Washington," she said, "is a factory town...
...music. With everyone trying to be boss, squabbles over interpretation can become downright nasty. And with the members of the de Pasquale String Quartet - Joseph, 45, viola; Francis, 44, cello; Robert, 37, and William, 32, violins - it's even more so. They fight constantly. The difference is, they revel in it. But then they are brothers, and this, they explain, is the secret to successful shouting contests...
...aloof and selective schools that seem to wish they were in small college towns. In his four years as head man, hard-driving Hester, 41, has moved N.Y.U. toward his own vi sion of "an unbeatable campus for young intellectuals who bring their hearts to the cities" and revel in ur ban culture...