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Existential Vacuum. Since this search is at the intellectual rather than the instinctual level, Dr. Frankl makes great play with words beginning with noo, from the Greek noös (mind), as in noö-dynamics and noögenic neuroses.* He coined logotherapy from logos, usually translated as word, speech or reason, which he defines as "meaning." As Dr. Frankl views the human condition to day, it is distinguished by "the existential vacuum," or "a total lack, or loss, of an ultimate meaning to one's existence that would make life worthwhile...
...psychotherapy in the past dozen years. But Frankl notes that there are almost as many kinds of existentialism as there are existentialists, and insists that his is different. He has spelled it out in books such as Man's Search for Meaning and Psychotherapy and Existentialism. The Existential Vacuum: A Challenge to Psychiatry is on press...
Using Leverage. Faced by the vacuum that resulted when the Arabs turned on the West during the Arab-Israeli war in June, the Russians seized the opportunity. From Morocco on the Atlantic to South Yemen on the Arabian Sea, they are supplying weapons, training troops, running aid programs and generally making themselves useful in areas that until recently were Western preserves. To match their new stake in the area, they have increased their Mediterranean fleet to some 50 ships, which thus equals in number, if not in firepower, the U.S. Sixth Fleet. Such ports as Algeria's Mers...
...biggest power vacuum would occur in the cleft federation of Malaysia and the nearby island republic of Singapore, where 35,000 British troops bolster morale in China's shadow and the British fleet enjoys strategic access to Far East sea lanes. Both countries, which had been counting heavily on British protection through 1975, are now busy organizing a NATO-style defense agreement with Australia and New Zealand...
...legal vacuum cleaner," agrees Georgetown's William Greenhalgh, "but only if misused." Ultimately, it is only the potential for misuse that disturbs most critics. By and large, prosecutors have not gravely abused their potent weapon, perhaps out of fear of provoking judges to limit...