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...both sides of the Atlantic, Uri Geller, a young Israeli psychic, astounds laymen and scientists alike by bending spoons and keys apparently with the force of his thoughts...
...Science and Mathematics Analyst Martin Gardner (Relativity for the Million, Ambidextrous Universe), announcements of psychic phenomena belong not to the march of science but to the pageant of publicity. "Uri Geller, The Secret Life of Plants, telepathy, ESP, the incomplete conclusions of Koestler ?all seem part of a new uncritical enthusiasm for pseudo science," says Gardner. "The claims are immense, the proof nonexistent. The researchers, almost without exception, are emotionally committed to finding phenomena. And few are aware of the controls necessary in a field in which deception, conscious or unconscious, is all too familiar...
...retain his Cabinet post, his prestige has fallen. Israel's swift victory in the Six-Day War made Dayan a national hero. But the heavy casualties that Israel has suffered this time, plus the fact that the Arab attack took the country by surprise, have now hurt him. Uri Avneri, a longtime Dayan enemy, gleefully said last week: "The Dayan myth is dead...
...however, the Crimson is undefeated in league and exhibition play and managed to handle Dublin about like Brown and URI did. Harvard looked much better against Dublin than it did against MIT; the team was more confident and aggressive--all encouraging signs...
...BROWN-URI--Brown is going to win back a lot of lost pride this year. The Bruins have a new coach and have developed some talent to go with his fresh approach. Hubie Morgan is a runner to watch. The Bruins are on the upswing. Brown 28, URI...