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...obstacles provides selfesteem; lacking such fulfillment, man turns against handy targets-his wife, even himself. Polar explorers, deprived of quarrels with strangers, often start to hate one another; the antidote is smashing some inanimate object, like crockery. Accident-prone drivers may be victims of "displaced aggression." The once ferocious Ute Indians, now shorn of war outlets, have the worst auto-accident rate on record...
...hoosegow, made it a point "to be out on that exercise track every morning." Now in his Seattle pad, Beck can't shake the stir-born routine of stretching his legs without going anywhere, so he's bought an exercycle for a fast, 15-min-ute spin every morning...
...shotgun by his side because some rowdy opponents threatened to tar and feather him. He had contempt for anyone who walked away from a fight. That included famed Kit Carson, who served under him as an Indian agent. Carson prudently ran away and hid when a gathering of Ute and Apache Indians became threatening. Meriwether suspended him forthwith. After Carson sent an abject letter of apology, Meriwether grudgingly reinstated him, but as long as the semiliterate Carson remained in his service Meriwether issued reprimands about his sloppy administration. "Poor Kit," he said, "was a good trapper, hunter, and guide...
Clothing themselves in the Constitution, Tennessee nudists - joined by the 15,000-member American Sunbathing Association - argued that the state stat ute violates the First Amendment's guarantee of freedom of thought, belief and assembly, what the petitioners called the Ninth Amendment's protection against invasion of privacy, and the Fifth and 14th Amendments' bar against deprivation of property without due process of law. Declared the plaintiffs' attorney, Bernard Bernstein...
Every morning last week the President left his French-style chateau, The Elms, at 8 o'clock, usually did not return until nearly midnight. Saturday morning he even took a brisk, 10-min-ute walk through his northwest Washington neighborhood before setting out for work, had a caravan of curious reporters and wary Secret Service men quickstepping with...