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AT 19, when most kids are off at college discovering the pleasures of the mind and of the senses, Barbara Grizzuti Harrison started scrubbing toilets in a Jehovah's Witness commune. Ten years in the twisted cult convinced her that "my intelligence was some kind of tricky, predatory animal, which...

Author: By F. MARK Muro, | Title: A Predator in Prose | 9/25/1980 | See Source »

Still, therapists are encountering more tricky cases in which sexual difficulties are tied to psychological problems, as opposed to Masters and Johnson's emphasis on sex as a behavioral "natural function." Says Kevin Gordon of the Human Sexuality Program at the University of California at San Francisco: "The symptoms...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sexes: Target: Masters and Johnson | 8/11/1980 | See Source »

Having played the violin and viola in his youth, Cordero fashioned a highly idiomatic solo part. Nevertheless the writing twists fiendishly and Allen plays equal to every demand. His intonation is absolutely secure in huge leaps, and he always maintains control of his bowing arm. He negotiates all the double...

Author: By Caldwell Titcomb, | Title: Black String Musicians: Ascending the Scale | 8/1/1980 | See Source »

The psychological mechanics are tricky.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Dreaming of the Eisenhower Years | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

Princeton Political Scientist Fred Greenstein has spent several years establishing the case in a scholarly way. Eisenhower, says Greenstein, was an extraordinarily intelligent, experienced and sophisticated President who worked hard, but deliberately concealed much of his effort. "Hidden-hand leadership," says Greenstein, permitted Eisenhower to maintain his own dignified aura...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Dreaming of the Eisenhower Years | 7/28/1980 | See Source »

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