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...less tangible but equally important White House stakes involved. The Republicans now govern 32 states, the Democrats only 18, and of the 35 being contested this year, 24 are Republican. Therefore, the Republican risk-through simple mathematical vulnerability-is great, and each loss, particularly in key industrial states, will subtract from the organizational muscle that the President will need for his expected 1972 re-election bid. In his concentration this year on the House and, above all, the Senate races, Nixon only belatedly began to lend help to Republican gubernatorial contenders...
That children trained in the new math won't know how to add or subtract by the time they get to college...
...politicians from other parties have joined the colonels since their coup. Most refer to them as steno-kephalos, or narrow heads. Athens wits insist that Nikolaos Makarezos was selected to oversee the economy as Minister of Coordination because he was the colonel who knew how to add and subtract. Retired diplomat and Nobel laureate Georges S. Seferiades laments the "state of enforced torpor." But out in the stony, sun-washed countryside beyond Athens, the colonels' austerities are better received...
Essential Gesture. Each cast comes off after about 20 minutes. By slopping on water, Segal can rework the cast days or months later. "Originally, I thought casting would be fast and direct, like photography, but I found that I had to rework every square inch. I add or subtract detail, create a flow or break up an area by working with creases and angles. I'm shaping forms...
...situation freshly and begin to test men at age 40 for changes that may interfere with their ability to do their jobs. There are, he suggests, several uncomplicated psychological and mental tests for this purpose. As a sample he noted one of the simplest: ask a man to subtract seven from 100, then seven from the remainder, and so on. "It's amazing," said Dr. Wright, "how many people...