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Short sketches of the situation in the six countries (excluding the U.S.) represented at the London economic summit, in rough order from strongest to weakest...
...knew that lacrosse was Princeton's weakest sport. Our victory showed that Princeton is vulnerable," assistant coach Carole Kleinfelder said...
...stronger than the parents, most of the others remain about as immature as the mother and father, and one child does not function as well as anyone else in the family. Because most people select mates with levels of emotional maturity roughly equal to their own, he says, this "weakest child" will grow up to mate with a similarly impaired adult and start the cycle over again at a more disturbed level. Says Bowen: "If we follow the lineage of the weakest child of the weakest child of the weakest child through multiple generations, we eventually emerge with a child...
Bowen believes, each set of parents unwittingly damages the weakest child. But the mother's role is more crucial: the weak child is usually the one with the most intense early attachment to the mother. Troubled mothers often try to control their own immaturity by using the double bind in caring for the child. Example: "Stay an infant, so I can care for you. Grow up, be a success." In an early study of schizophrenia, Bowen cited the example of a mother's way of dealing with a psychotic son: she buttered his bread, cut his meat...
Despite the reservations about Carter's style, doubts about his knowledge of international questions-long regarded as his weakest suit-are fast fading. From those who have already personally dealt with the President, the verdict is unanimous: Carter has been well briefed, is a fast learner and has enough self-confidence to admit when he has not yet studied an issue sufficiently to make up his mind. After his meeting with Carter earlier this month, British Prime Minister James Callaghan returned to London and said that he had never before met a statesman who spoke with such openness. Above...