Judgment from experience in medical practice
Judah Folkman, M D, Julia Dyckman Adams Professor of Surgery and surgeon in chief at Children’s Hospital Medical Center, recounts a teaching hospital patient story and argues that good clinical judgment grows from bad judgments. He urges physicians to acknowledge uncertainty, repay patients via education and service, and resist reducing medicine to a simple 40 hour week or rigid public utility terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Judah Folkman
Julia Dyckmanndrus
Children's Hospital Medical Center
Harvard Medical
Energy Sense A right and a delight
Energy Sense uses Jacob Bronowski to frame energy as a core modern concern. The article links industrial power to liberation and the pursuit of happiness, urging America to increase and use energy wisely to sustain progress.
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William Blake
America
Vermont highway plan faces opposition in Manchester Village
A Vermont State Highway Department proposal to replace the Manchester Village road with concrete draws strong opposition from summer residents. Gov. Charles M. Smith appoints Dr. E A Tobin to chair a Vermonr Industrial School investigation committee. Mrs F S Bradley hosts a charity tea for the Vermont Children's Aid Society. Benmont Papers Inc. approves a union election at their plant, potentially adding about 240 workers to the Bennington Specialty Union. May sets a parking meter revenue record at 1 46387. Village trustees approve a five street road retreatment and rescind a May ban on police from fire and deputy sheriff offices. Bennington Graded School District accepts the resignation of Assistant Superintendent Paul E Kirsch and releases Principal Ralph S Kates from his contract. Gerald Philip Morrissey is among Blair Academy’s 91 graduates.
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Vermont State Highway Department
Manchester Village
E.A. Tobin
Bennington
Charles M. Smith
Vermont
Vergennes
Montpelier
F.S. Bradley
Old Bennington
Vermont Children’s Aid Society
Bennington Graded School
Paul E. Kirsch
Bennington High School
Ralf S. Kates
Gerald Philip Morrissey
Gerald E. Morrissey
Dewey Street
Trivia question comes alive as Goldwater running mate revealed
A columnist recounts meeting the 1964 running mate in person at the National Press Club. The piece humorously reflects on forgotten candidates and the lasting pull of trivia questions, noting the vice presidential pick as a pop culture conundrum and memory test.
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Washington
UPI
Barry Goldwater
Ambrose Bierce
Amelia Earhart
Judge Crater
National Press Club
Buffalo
N.Y
America
Goldwater
Seeds, seeds, and politics in a Maine town
In a rural banter, Roddy Tomkins and a writer debate free seeds from congressmen and the post office scene. They recall Beedy’s terms, okra misfires, and a nation tied to seeds, politics, and farming memory from the 1930s to midcentury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roddy Tomkins
Roddy
Beedy
Maine
Opinion on U S railroads and ICC decline
The piece argues the Interstate Commerce Commission failed to protect the public as railroads deteriorate. Overregulation and tax burdens, plus highway and air transport competition, have left rail networks decaying, unprofitable, and in need of modernizing and new solutions to avert a costly regeneration of rights of way and track.
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Lewis Mumford
Mumford
United States
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N.Y. Times
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Frank G. Zare
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Blair Academy
John Gould
Friendship, Maine
Roosevelt
Reedy
Portland
Prelty
Congress
Free Enterprise
Christian Science Publishing Society
Bosto
Herald Amercan
Vermont Job Service
State OF Vermont Department OF Employment Security
ST. Johnsbury
Eastern Avenue
Springfield
Main Street
White River Junction
North Main Street
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