Thomas Samaras, in The Futurist (August 1978), World Fu-
Beautiful
ture Society, P.O. Box 30369, Bethesda Branch, Washington, D.C. 20014.
The ever-increasing stature and size of North American and North European people has long been regarded as a good thing-a result of prosperity, better diet, and superior medical care. However, in ecologi- cal terms, human bigness is unquestionably bad.
So writes Samaras, a California systems analyst. Short people re- quire less food, oxygen...
Diana Crane, in Annals of the
American Academy (May 1978), 3937
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19104.
American physicians are moving toward a social definition of "life1'- defining an individual as being alive in terms of his ability to interact with others, rather than purely physical criteria.
Questioning more than 3,000 neurosurgeons, pediatric heart sur-geons, internists, and pediatricians, University of Pennsylvania sociol- ogist Crane found that most physicians (75 percent) agreed...
Diana Crane, in Annals of the
American Academy (May 1978), 3937
Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa. 19104.
American physicians are moving toward a social definition of "life1'- defining an individual as being alive in terms of his ability to interact with others, rather than purely physical criteria.
Questioning more than 3,000 neurosurgeons, pediatric heart sur-geons, internists, and pediatricians, University of Pennsylvania sociol- ogist Crane found that most physicians (75 percent) agreed...
the news media, the American public was treated to little more than misleading stories that "misinterpreted public opinion polls, focused on the personal contest . . .between the President and Senate leaders, and culminated in pious warnings that the treaties were not all that significant after all. . . ." Moreover, the media failed to tell the public much of anything about Panama and why the Panamanians had strug- gled for years to obtain the treaties giving them de jure independence...
the press for the expansion of its liberties and its right of inquisition surely contributes to the erosion of privacy and emphasizes the need for protection."
Miller applauds those statutes~opposed newsmen-that protect individuals from unwarranted public attention (i.e., laws prohibiting the naming of rape victims and restricting the release of certain crimi- nal records). He particularly objects to the zeal of gossip columnists and the revelation of private details of a person's life without...
its comprehensive belief system and the absence of meaningful alterna- tives. "To argue that the Moonist solution is inane, preposterous, or unrealistic is hardly a substitute for our not having any specific vision of the future," says Sandon.
The Moonies have rejected contemporary permissiveness for a rigor- ous morality, a spirituality characterized a "robust prayer life and a liturgical orderliness seldom found in conventional American religious life," and a communal lifestyle...
Cardinal Alfredo Ottaviani and his conservative associates in the papal curia during Vatican Council II (1964) in oppos- ing any change in the Church's moral and doctrinal teachings, the Council provoked a deeper examination of human sexuality and a closer look at the Church's views on the subject. So writes Father Mur- phy, rector of Holy Redeemer College in Washington, D.C.
Much of the confusion now surrounding Catholic teachings on con-
jugal love springs from the mistaken notion that the basic...
Wade Clark Religious Roof, in Society (May-June 1978), Box A, fistkssness Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.
08903.
The rising popularity of many new religious and quasi-religious groups in America reflects a larger disarray. Many Americans are abandoning their earlier religious identities, writes Roof, a University of Massachu- setts sociologist.
Surveys the National Opinion Research Center show that religious defection is occurring primarily among the young (the proportions for liberal...
Wade Clark Religious Roof, in Society (May-June 1978), Box A, fistkssness Rutgers University, New Brunswick, N.J.
08903.
The rising popularity of many new religious and quasi-religious groups in America reflects a larger disarray. Many Americans are abandoning their earlier religious identities, writes Roof, a University of Massachu- setts sociologist.
Surveys the National Opinion Research Center show that religious defection is occurring primarily among the young (the proportions for liberal...
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ions-molecules of common atmospheric gases that have taken on a positive or negative electrical charge.
The effects of air ions on living matter (including bacteria, plants, and human beings) are readily apparent but not thoroughly under- stood, write Krueger, a biometeorologist, and Sigel, a psychologist, both of the University of California at Berkeley. It is known, for exam- ple, that depletion of ions in the air may increase susceptibility to respiratory infec...