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...considerable literary figure," said John Womack Jr. 59, Bliss Professor of Latin American History and Economics. "As a political person he's a notable intellectual in Third World international politics, it really does not matter what he says, because Mexico is a relatively large and wealthy country in the Third World, Womack added...
...Womack characterized Fuentes's politics as "outspoken moderate-left," noting that Fuentes was "part of a generation [of Latin American intellectuals] that came to literary and political maturity in the context of the Cuban Revolution and U.S. hostility to it." Womack also noted that the American Central Intelligence Agency once suspected Fuentes of being a Soviet agent and denied him a visa to enter the U.S. during the 1960s...
...biofeedback and other relaxation techniques gain acceptance, doctors are testing them against all sorts of ills. Duke Psychologist Richard Surwit has shown that biofeedback and progressive musclerelaxation exercises can help diabetics maintain steadier glucose levels. At Children's Orthopedic Hospital in Seattle, Dr. William Womack helps youngsters contend with the strains of growing up. Kurt Russell, 16, was immobilized by migraines for days at a time until Womack taught him a self-hypnosis technique. Now symptom-free, the teen-ager travels twice a day to a peaceful place in his mind. "You imagine yourself in the woods or skiing...
Several faculty also contributed. Housman said that John Womack Jr. '59, chairman of the History department, provided Community Works with a list of faculty members whom he though would be sympathetic to the cause...
Sixteen Harvard professors, including John Womack Jr. Bliss Professor of Latin American History, were among the academic from the United States and Canada who endorsed the protest...