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...bung and inspire a steady round of wassails. In a single month, the nation's drinkers buy an eighth part of their annual supply, some of it to give but a good share of it to consume. This year, December's national bill, for spirits alone, will tot up to a staggering $1.1 billion...
...thus handle, their inchoate feelings. It seldom pays to condemn or reason with an angry child; strong feelings vanish not by fiat but rather by the clarification that occurs in a child's mind when a parent "mirrors" or states his problems for him. To spank a tot who says, "I hate you," is to store up his anger that will augment future misbehavior. A skillful mother listens, says, "I know just how you feel," and the child's feeling that someone understands shrinks the anger to a size that he himself can subdue. Reassurance rather than reprimand...
Ford engineers have tested the device extensively on their own children and claim that the kids ride contentedly for as long as four hours at a time. The Tot Guard will be available at Ford dealers next month...
...right for adults, but try keeping a squirming five-year-old child buckled up for a long automobile ride. It cannot be done, short of resorting to chloroform. Last week the Ford Motor Co. showed off its answer: a 5-lb. padded plastic body shield called the "Tot Guard." The child sits on a molded seat; then a loosely fitting, one-piece leg-and-body "cast" is placed over him. The seat belt loops around in front to secure the entire apparatus, allowing the child to move around inside his cast but also to stay in one place...
...would be absurd to ask the Committee on the Houses to spent its time discussing, again the issues pertaining tot a piecemeal extension of parietals. These issues were examined and considered rather completely in the Fall of 1966. What is a fair topic for discussion, it seems to me, is the larger question of who should be involved in making the decisions affecting the personal lives and freedoms of Harvard undergraduates. In this context, it is high time, indeed, that "we quit asking for just another hour." Craig Stewart Chairman Leverett House Committee