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Soviet authorities barred George Wald, Higgins Professor of Biology, from attending a scientific symposium on Moscow on Thursday...
...symposium was organized by dissident Jewish scientists seeking to emigrate from the Soviet Union...
...scientists assessed the implications of the current drought at their Denver symposium, many urged that a new look be taken at long-range water problems. Stephen H. Schneider, head of the climate project for the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colo., argued that the nation should always be prepared for droughts, rather than surprised by them, because they are a regular feature of the U.S. climate. Although the timing of droughts cannot be predicted, they have been occurring in the plains states at roughly 20-to 22-year intervals, and are possibly related in an unknown fashion...
...Thomas Szasz, a psychiatrist who says mental illness is a "myth" created by society and the psychiatric profession, yesterday opened a Law School symposium by criticizing the American justice system's growing tendency to treat criminals as if they were mentally...
Szasz spoke before an overflow crowd in Pound Hall at the opening session of the weekend symposium on "Crime and Punishment: Restitution, Retribution...