Habits and social forces in breaking addictions
Analysis of how social pressure affects habits and why willpower often fails. Discusses programs like Alcoholics Anonymous and Weight Watchers, the use of small daily abstentions, crutches such as gadgets and negative reinforcement, and hypnosis as a rapid cure. Mentions Donwood Foundation and Herbert Spiegel.
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Lettvin
Alcoholics Anonymous
Synanon
Weight Watchers
Donwood Foundation
New York
Herbert Spiegel
Spiegel
Illinois air pollution hearings set in LaSalle building
The Illinois House Air Pollution Study Committee conducts its second public hearing at 10 a.m. in the State Building, 160 N. LaSalle, inviting civic groups to present views on metropolitan Chicago air pollution control. Future hearings will be in Chicago with business labor and public testimony. The first session was in East St. Louis on December 12.
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Illinois House
State of Illinois
N. LaSalle
Chicago
East St. Louis
One-party South Shapes National Legislation
The piece argues that the South's one party system combined with Senate seniority preserves outdated influence, giving the region disproportionate sway over U S legislation and hindering progress on 20th century problems.
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South
Congress
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Bernard Tursky
Harvard Medical School
J. Theodore Meyer
Harry Yourell
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Lhambra
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