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Surely, that of the teacher. The teacher is the divine conscience in the human spirit cultivated by the Torah. An agent is responsible for his own act. The subordinate cannot shift the responsibili- ty to his superior. Are there human superiors for men and women who know themselves created in the image of God? Subordinates are not chattel, their minds and wills are not properties of another. Agents cannot pretend that they are but automatic extensions of another's decisions. The buck stops with each of us who is ordered to act in the world af- fecting the lives of others. The proper criticism of the Iran fiasco is not that the Presi- dent of the United States did not early on declare that the buck stops with him, but rather with the presumption that the buck belongs else- where — anywhere but with the person carrying out his orders. The Judaic hero does not snap to attention and salute any order, not even that which purportedly comes from the Divine Commander. 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Although some health problems are basically self-correcting and will heal themselves with time, there are a great many others that will only get worse with time unless something is done about them. Take migraine, for example. Estimates of the number of migraine sufferers in the United States range from eight to twenty million, depending on whose figures you are studying. Whatever the actual count, the annual loss in wages, pro- ductivity and just plain enjoyment of life is staggering. Migraine headaches can start at any time, but most victims have their first attack between the ages of fifteen and thirty-five. Left untreated, the condition generally increases in severity and frequency in the Icte thirties and through the for- ties. Migraine may reverse its trend after the age of fifty or so, with attacks becoming less painful and less frequent. But saying "maybe it will go away in a few years" if you are in your thirties or forties is a negative ap- proach, no matter how optimistic you ore of the out- come. I think if you ask any true migraine sufferer, they will tell you they would rather be rid of their problem DR. STANLEY now. B. LEVINE In many cases of migraine treated by Doctors of Chiropractic, it has been found that the patient is suffering from a misalign- ment of vertebrae in the neck. Since virtually every nerve in the human body passes through or is intimately involved with the structures of the neck, irritation to nerves in this area can directly affect any of the body's functions. In the case of the nerves which produce the symptoms of migraine, the victim cannot expect to be rid of his or her problem until the irrita- tion to the nerves is removed. To accomplish this, the Doctor of Chiroprac- tic restores the vertebrae to their proper alignment. Once this is ac- complished, the body can set about healing itself from within and free- ing it from the miseries of migraine. You Can Feel Better Jewish Association for Retarded Citizens 17288 West Twelve Mile Southfield, MI 48076 (313) 557-7650 LEVINE CHIROPRACTIC CLINIC 31390 Northwestern Hwy. Farmington Hills 48018 855-2666 Dr. Steven M. Tepper Dr. Robert W. Levine THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 51