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...medical school curriculum accelerates the constricting effect of premedical education by its complete emphasis on a foundation of biological science in the first two years of medical school. The opportunity still exists to study medicine from the viewpoint of the social sciences, but few seize it. We neglect the history of medicine, its people, its institutions, and its social setting, as well as its political science, cultural anthropology, and economics. The student is relentlessly forced to focus on the individual doctor-patient relation and the science of disease, and his subjective understanding of himself and the world around him flags...
GRENDEL, by John Gardner. Beowulf from the monster's viewpoint, in which the Norse heroes of the epic are revealed as bloodthirsty murderers, thieves and hypocrites...
...desperately toward trying to achieve an international consensus on what to do about the struggle, and ended up with seven cease-fire resolutions that were never acted upon at all. The other loser was Washington, which had tried to bring about a political settlement, but from the New Delhi viewpoint-and to other observers as well -appeared wholeheartedly committed to the support of Pakistan's military dictatorship...
From a theological viewpoint, at least, a Jerusalem under Israeli jurisdiction makes certain sense. More than for Christianity or Islam, the city has special meaning for Judaism. For Moslems, Jerusalem invokes deep feelings, and the Dome of the Rock makes the city the third holiest for Moslems after Mecca and Medina. Still, there is no imperative for the devout to visit the Dome as there is for them to make a hadj to Mecca. For Christians, the city will always be a unique place of pilgrimage because of its role in Jesus' life, death and resurrection...
From a purely academic viewpoint, the results of so much force-fed learning are still uncertain. The slow pace of remedial work means that many of last year's freshmen are freshmen still. Discouragement over difficulties, or the need to help their families by seeking work, has caused 36% of the Open Admissions students to drop out. The figure is almost twice as high as that for CUNY students with conventional academic records, but is no worse than the national average. More significant will be the end of the academic grace period, when the first students are flunked...