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Overall, most U.S. neurologists would agree with Dr. Rudolf Zimmermann, famous German throat specialist: "From a medical standpoint there is not the slightest shred of evidence that there could be such a link to the mind. Singers -often out of necessity and insecurity -may harbor a somewhat inflated ego. But few of them could be considered outright dumb...
Even more disturbing, from Harvard's standpoint, was the poll's rating of leading political scientists. Of the top ten, only V. O. Key, who died last year, was a Harvard professor; and none were Harvard-trained. (Interestingly, six of the ten were trained at Chicago...
...bounds any inquiry into Baker's financial dealings with Senators or other Senate employees. When a committee member asked that other Senators be called to testify, Chairman Jordan angrily retorted he was not "investigating Senators." Baker wielded enormous power within the Senate, yet his practices, from the standpoint of the committee, did not implicate any others who had dealt with him. The problem was that so many Senators had dealt with Baker in some way or other...
When Portlist talks about Senator Goldwater his upper lip curls a bit and he begins to chuckle occasionally. "I just can't take the Republicans seriously this year," he says. "From the standpoint of most mature voters, Johnson might as well be running unopposed...
...Complex, plays the Oedipus complex for yucks in The Mother Image. The Iris Murdoch-J. B. Priestley farce A Severed Head, is a game of fast sex tennis from London; the players will include Joan Fontaine, Lee Grant and Jessica Walter. Divorce, American style, is viewed from the male standpoint in The Odd Couple, by Neil Simon, who scored heavily with last season's Barefoot in the Park; Mike Nichols will direct...