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...never static, that fate to which so many academicians succumb. He is a determined mon; his mild manner is broken only by the hard, direct line he pursues in support of firm beliefs. Bok's style of leadership is one not only of form, but of content. It is characteristic of Bok that he concentrates his energies on single tasks-never has he been guilty of overextending himself...
...concludes Justice. it seems clear that he is afraid to speak for fear of what he will have to say. "Since it is the majority's fear-fear of black men, fear of crime, fear of disorder, fear even of differences-that allows repression to flourish, those who succumb to their fears are as responsible as those who make political use of them. And in the end both will suffer equally. 'For they have sown the wind and they shall reap the whirlwind.'" Richard Harris, it seems, would add to this list of fears men's fears of making decisions...
Like so many other U.S. educational reforms, such experiments may well succumb to official caution and orthodoxy. Still, thanks to free schools, it is just possible that quite a few public school kids will some day get a chance to earn A's for Playing with Gentle Glass Things or Writing Letters to Those You Love. To examine one of the freest models, TIME Correspondent Barry Hillenbrand last week visited the Exploring Family School, 12 miles from San Diego in El Cajon, Calif., comparing it with his experiences as a history teacher in the Peace Corps...
...STORY of David and Goliath teaches that the forces of Evil, no matter how strong, always succumb to the forces of Righteous Good. And even today the small guy does occasionally conquer the bully: while Davids may be in short supply, one Army lieutenant has during the last year continually challenged the Army on its own ground. He has not slain Goliath, nor even wounded him seriously, but his annoying thrusts have damaged the giant's prestige and perhaps paved the way for future challengers...
OTHER MENTAL problems may well succumb to molecular biology. Many therapists resist the idea that emotional problems have biochemical equivalents; yet Freud himself believed that they do and that they would one day be identified. Researchers are already convinced that schizophrenia has some genetic basis, although, as Psychologist David Rosenthal explains, it is not the disease that is inherited but a tendency to it. As a match must be struck before it will burn, so must the tendency be triggered by something in the environment. No one is yet sure whether the trigger is cultural or familial, electrical or chemical...