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What makes a man an alcoholic? Alcoholism, answer psychiatrists, is a symptom of mental disease, and thus chronic drinking in many cases may be as unavoidable and blameless as catching a cold. But last week a Pennsylvania court, in a case involving alcoholism, contradicted the psychiatrists' view, argued that a man can avoid becoming an alcoholic if he wants...
...disease popularly known as jaundice (actually infectious hepatitis; jaundice is only a symptom) was the No 1 nuisance of World War II. It disabled 30,000 G.I.s in the Mediterranean Theater alone. Last week U.S. Army investigators reported that they had finally run down the disease to its most likely source, and found a way to combat it. The source: polluted drinking water...
Elaine and her fellow black marketeers will be barred forever from French universities. Functionary Houel last week faced a possible five-year prison term. Cried Le Parisien Libéré: "A grave symptom of moral rottenness...
Alcoholism is a symptom of illness, not a disease in itself. A pathologic drinker gets that way for a number of reasons: as escape (from his job, a nagging wife, depression); because he cannot adjust his personality to the normal course of life; by the "one for the road" philosophy which leads him away from controlled drinking; through mental illness, physical pain or immature emotional makeup. No one is born an alcoholic; heredity is only an excuse...
Warned Dr. Constance M. McCullough of Western Reserve: "The teacher shortage is not the malady; it is a symptom. . . . The American people are trying to buy an expensive product cheap. . . ." The National Education Association estimated that it would cost the U.S. $420 million a year to raise all teachers' salaries to what it regards as a desirable minimum...