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...this is perhaps why Swanberg, even while admitting Thomas's flaws, so clearly respects and admires Thomas, a man of, in a phrase he once used to characterize a friend, "uncommon common decency." For although he was sometimes mistaken, occasionally naive, Thomas served as America's conscience, educating and reminding her citizens of their government's failure to live up to her ideals in a way no marxist-idealogue could have. If Thomas's is a history of failure, it is less of a story of personal flaws than of the failure of the American political system...
...More Ifs. Houses like Hyde's, their sharply pitched roofs covered by glassy-looking solar collectors, are still uncommon but may soon be familiar sights across the nation. On lots from Maine to California, in downtowns as well as rural areas, architects are erecting houses and office buildings designed to capture the sun's radiation for heating purposes. Schools in increasing numbers are also using solar energy to keep classrooms comfortable. The Government is seriously studying ways of using sunshine to generate electricity for utility customers. Though the current high costs of capturing the sun's energy...
...Bruckner's Te Deum has a peculiarly spare, even austere ring; Karajan caught that quality by the simple expedient of exposing all its modal harmonies and laying out its violent cross-rhythms firmly and precisely. Best of all perhaps was the Beethoven Ninth. This was one of those uncommon moments in which the strictest adherence to the letter of the score had a liberating effect. Rarely has the scherzo been taken at such a whirlwind pace; rarely has its tricky beat sounded so clearly...
...cites a Duke University study showing that about half of a group of people over 65 who returned for periodic checkups had no detectable physical decline over periods ranging from three to 13 years. Nor are new emotional and mental disorders very likely in old age: true senility is uncommon, and only 1% of the elderly can expect to become demented. Says Comfort: "The human brain does not shrink, wilt, perish or deteriorate with age.* It normally continues to function well through as many as nine decades...
...chronic insomniac, just a sometimes insomniac," Joe claims, but if you had witnessed his marathon bout with sleepless nights, you might begin to wonder just where he draws the distinction. It all began with the none-too-uncommon catalyst: second semester freshman year, the last hourlies before exam period, a semester already marred by negligence and procrastination, and four really rough courses. Then to add wood to the fire we've got the snoring roommate on the upper bunk. Sure, amidst anxiety-ridden times and uncontrollable circumstances, we are all afflicted with the inability to fall asleep for awhile...