TODAY IN THE HISTORY OF PSYCHOLOGY
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Picking a vice president is a little like choosing a spouse. For better or for worse, the couple are tied together. Some pairings are happy; others less so. Some lead to mutual gain; others to mutual destruction. For presidential hopefuls, it is arguably the most vital decision of their campaign. Here are five cautionary tales of just what could go wrong.
Tom Eagleton, VP Candidate for George McGovern (1972) Senator Tom Eagleton was not George McGovern’s first pick for vice president. After the party all-stars turned him down, McGovern turned to the B-team candidates – and they turned him down too. In fact, by the time of the Democratic Convention, a total of nine candidates had turned McGovern down. Time was running out for the spurned presidential hopeful. After a two-minute phone call with Tom Eagleton, McGovern was sold. Read the rest of History Today’s often funny, mostly embarrassing (for the candidates) article.
How Worm Warriors Are Beating An Unbeatable Worm
How do you get rid of river blindness? It’s all about the worm.
Specifically, about “breaking the life cycle” of onchocerca volvulu, the parasitic worm that causes the disease, says Dr. Frank O. Richards Jr., who directs the Carter Center’s river blindness elimination and other tropical disease programs.
But that cycle of transmission and infection is so complex that until recently, many experts believed elimination as a goal was unattainable. Now the World Health Organization target date to achieve it is 2025, thanks to the widespread distribution of a game-changing medicine and what Richards calls the “vision” of accomplishing the possibility, encouraged by the successful strategies employed in the Carter Center’s fight against Guinea worm.
photo:Kay Hinton/Courtesy of The Carter Center
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