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...ended up, of course, disappointed. What I learned about America was that there are more trees and fields in the South and more factories in the North, and that besides slight differences in vocal inflection the people you run into driving a car are very much alike...
...evidence for Butterworth's accusation was gathered on visits to a number of hospitals and from a more intensive study in one of the institutions associated with the University of Alabama's medical center. He found that hospitals and doctors frequently slight nutritional needs. Some institutions allow surgery to be performed without first building patients up for the ordeal, then compound the error after the operation by ignoring good nutrition and relying solely on antibiotics to guard against infection. All too often, the postoperative neglect continues until the patient reaches an advanced state of malnutrition. Of 80 patients...
...Department of Aging to provide assistance and job training for older people, and operated one of the few self-sufficient transit systems in the state. Panuzio was re-elected by 2,000 votes in 1973, is now seeking the G.O.P. gubernatorial nomination. Though his chances of getting it are slight, he figures to win wider recognition...
...tangible and measurable, and an inordinate suspicion of whatever requires some imagination to be grasped. Despite the fact that many philosophers recognize this distortion, we are still left with a legacy of rashly discarded philosophies and weakly contrived replacements; and our hasty, materialistic, opportunistic way of life provides slight impetus indeed for returning to more solid ground...
...likely to be impressed by the large percentage of Harvard students and faculty listed among the researchers. But this sort of genuine concern for the welfare of the underprivileged or unjustly treated has seemed rarer to me as this year has moved along. Even correcting public misinformation seems of slight concern to Harvard faculty. Do the millions in Middle America misunderstand the nature of Communism, or the recent history of the Communist nations? They might correct their views if they get a chance to hear an authority like John Fairbank at a televised Senate hearing, as they...