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...many patients, the revolution has already begun. Increasingly, people are using mind-body therapies on their own, even while seeking conventional medical treatment. A spate of books on the subject has been published in * recent years. The latest is Norman Cousins' new best seller, Head First: The Biology of Hope (Dutton; $19.95), which documents recent strides made in mind- body research...
...McClure of the U.S. Postal Inspection Service faults publicity for the spate of bombings. The service now has an Atlanta hot line to take calls about suspect packages. "We are trying to get members not to panic," says Moe Biller, president of the American Postal Workers Union...
...regulator, M. Danny Wall, chairman of the Federal Home Loan Bank Board, defended his agency's year-end spate of savings and loan bailouts as cheaper than shutting down the failed institutions and paying off depositors...
...After a spate of early-season injuries, the A's went into this week's games healthy and in the hitting groove. Their musclemen, designated hitter Dave Parker and the Bash Brothers -- first baseman Mark McGwire and rightfielder Jose Canseco -- each homered at least once in the playoff series against Toronto. Canseco's was a tape-measure job estimated by an IBM computer at 480 ft. Nobody seemed more impressed than Jose himself telling callers on his personal hot line, (900) 234-JOSE, "I mean, this was one mammoth home run, - and you really enjoy hitting those types. I mean...
Such warnings are particularly worrisome at a time when mechanical failures appear to have replaced the threat of terrorism as the leading concern of air travelers. A recent spate of engine explosions, stress cracks and other in- flight mishaps has made passengers keenly aware of once esoteric matters such as turbine blades and hydraulic systems. The public's concern is % compounded by the airline industry's frank admission that it cannot find enough mechanics to do the increasingly complex job of maintaining its aging planes...