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...declare his entire Phase III program an abject failure and impose a freeze on all prices and wages for the second time in 20 months. They may not be able to force Nixon to go that far, but there is a growing probability that he will be required to tighten up at least some Phase III rules besides those for meat...
Feeling, like all elements in Janov's picture of human behavior, involves not only mental awareness but the biological processes accompanying or underlying that awareness. Feeling is sensation plus a correct awareness of the origin of that sensation. Our stomachs may tighten if we need to cry. We feel that need if we are aware both of muscles tightening and of the act we need to perform. If a mother tells her son, "Big boys don't cry," for enough years, she may cause his psychophysiological system to block the connection between stomach-tightening and the need...
Memo to the principal: Do not be alarmed if your teachers walk up stairs with toes pointed in, then down again with toes pointed out. Or if they break into deep knee bends at the blackboard. Or if, standing in the lunchroom, they tighten first their feet, then their lower legs, thighs, buttocks and abdominal muscles...
...will have to ask the House Masters and others in charge to tighten up on security," Robbins continued, "because the paintings are very valuable as they...
...LAST MONTH Harvard has sought to tighten House security precautions in a manner reminiscent of the bureaucratic bungling that supposedly went out of vogue with the coming of Derek Bok. Not only has the University presumed the need for more security without examining the alternative of maintaining the status quo, but the security issue has also developed antagonisms between House Masters and the Administration over who has the responsibility--both planning and financial--for installing security precautions. Stephen S.J. Hall, vice president for Administration, blames the Masters for dragging their feet on security, but they unanimously counter that House budgets...