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"L1-1681"--handwritten on coverIncludes bibliographical reference

Scandals, Values, and the Pursuit of Justice

Eighth Annual Jacoby-Lunin Humanitarian Lectureship. Leonard Fein, social activist, founder of MAZON and the National Jewish Coalition for Literacy.https://digitalcommons.fairfield.edu/bennettcenter-posters/1237/thumbnail.jp

Can do--did!: United States Naval Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 571

The story of an outfit is often a story of the individual experiences of its men, but this narrative is a chronology of the collective achievements and adventures of men working in unison, primarily the men who formed the original complement of Construction Battalion Maintenance Unit 571. The charter members of this Seabee crew hailed from all walks of life and went on to carve out a bright record of attainment on lonely tropical islands unheard of and unimportant until war made their possession and exploitation necessary. The final, complete story of CBMU 571 is not over, because CBMU 571 is, at this writing, still commissioned, still doing a job, still adding to a record. But to the men who formed it, who carried the knowledge, the brawn, the guts, and the equipment into the islands of the Pacific, this chapter of their careers as Seabees is completed. These men may go on to other naval organizations or they may already be civilians again, but their first love as servicemen will be CBMU 571.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/ww_reg_his/1071/thumbnail.jp

Leonard Fein papers, undated, 1974-1987.

Contains correspondence, press clippings, and photos relating to Fein's career and activities while editor-in-chief and publisher of MOMENT magazine. Correspondence includes reactions to a letter sent to Israeli members of PEACE NOW on the eve of the Begin-Sadat summit (1978); a statement criticizing Begin government policies (1980) and public reactions to that statement; a discussion of American Jewish support of Israel's West Bank settlement policy during Prime Minister Begin's tenure in office; Fein's views of aliyah to Israel, of intermarriage, of the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, and of the politics of M.K. Meir Kahane; and a letter from Hodding Carter III (Assistant Secretary for Public Affairs and Dept. Spokesman for White House) "concerning the U.S. role in negotiations for peace in the Middle East" (Jan. 19, 1979). Also contains Fein's personal correspondence (1977-1984).Donated by Leonard Fein

Cognitive performance in longterm abstinent alcoholic individuals

Background: There are few investigations of the potential recovery of neurocognitive function in chronic alcoholic samples after very-long-term abstinence. The current study examined cognitive abilities in middle-aged (mean age 46.8 years), long-term abstinent alcoholic individuals (LTAA). Twenty-five LTAA men and 23 LTAA women abstinent for an average of 6.7 years were compared with an equal number of gender and age-comparable normal controls (NC). We examined the association of neurocognitive variables with age, duration of abstinence, alcohol use measures, and the density of a family history of problem drinking. Methods: Long-term abstinent alcoholic individuals and NC underwent comprehensive neuropsychological assessment. Performance was measured in the following 9 domains: abstraction/ cognitive flexibility, attention, auditory working memory, immediate memory, delayed memory, psychomotor function, reaction time, spatial processing, and verbal skills. Results: Long-term abstinent alcoholic individuals performed similarly to NC, except for deficits in the spatial processing domain. The spatial processing results must be interpreted with caution because of multiple comparison issues; however, spatial processing deficits are among the impairments most often reported in abstinent alcoholic individuals. None of the cognitive measures were associated with length of abstinence, any alcohol use variable, or family history measure. Conclusions: Very-long-term abstinence resolves most neurocognitive deficits associated with alcoholism, except for the suggestion of lingering deficits in spatial processing