European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 23, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes monday december 23. 1985 delay making that Resolution expert says ,. I in  him and Vou feel better. Amherst. Mass la i if 1185 was a Succes Sion of failures an expert advises the Busl new year s Resolution is none at All. Instead of spending Ian i dwelling on 12 months of unfulfilled goals. University of Massachusetts clinical psychologist Richard a Ralgin recommends postponing the Day of reckoning to one less fraught with emotional upheaval. He Sas personal Ducci Oro made during the whirl of the holidays tend to result in temporary Relief quickly erased by grief. Ideally. New year s resolutions arc a Means for us to look 10 the next year in Hope that we will indeed make inc changes that we have riot made yet a Ralgin says. But such personal decisions come at a difficult time when attempted after a night of heavy drinking Giddy celebrating and reveling. Our bodies Are going through a lot of changes be cause of the alcohol and Rich food we consume during the  he says.  things arc going on. Including forced Jovia Lity without trying to Clear one s head to formulate resolutions new year s Day brings to mind the past year and the Many things we hoped to accomplish and failed to do. Coming up with More demands because it s expected can make the first of january a self defeating  Halgin notes that it s not unusual for people to loathe the Onsel of a new year. He advises people to spread Oul decisions about difficult personal changes adopting resolutions at other times of the year. Perhaps a birthday or Holiday less subject to the stress of the new year would by Busl. He says or iry coming up with Small resolutions Al the beginning of each  Liagin finds Many people Selling themselves up for disappointment and depression by choosing goals they Are almost certain not to achieve. Resolutions vary according to personalily4 types he says. Pessimists make resolutions icy can l possibly accomplish and More romantic personalities select Elu Sive resolutions that arc difficult to carry out. Those with compulsive personalities pick resolutions they can follow through. Resolutions do Wear off Over the year for Many of us Halgin Solcs. In some ways they Wear off Over the Day icy Are made. Even in inc moment the Resolution is made there is self admitted defeat particularly when the individual focuses in on inc issues of his life that arc the most depressing and  Hatpin recommends making resolutions that arc specific and behaviour related on a Day other than Jan. I. La is easier to measure whether one has achieved goals and the depression of failure is not so great. Rather than resolving to eel along belter with your family say instead that you re going to do specific i rings with one relative to make i and you feel better. Don t give up smoking cold Turkey but set up a More Cisily obtainable schedule of reducing nicotine intake ind Don t swear to improve your marriage but resolve to take your wife out for dinner once a week. Strive for goals that Are positive precise and behaviour oriented and avoid Broad issues discouraging in their  he stresses. Ilgin says the most frequently made resolutions Center on drinking smoking and losing weight All a complis Hable when tackled gradually. New year s resolutions remind us of How human we arc and How difficult it is to change Halgin says. It s not an easy Lime for anyone feeling vulnerable. While Halgin recommends avoiding making resolutions on new year s Day or foisting them on children he contends ushering in a new year with All the hoopla is beneficial. There is a real personal need to have that kind of Celebration to give ourselves Hope and Energy regard loss of the Success or failure in achieving Aims during the preceding year he says. New year s Day like birthdays and anniversaries is significant because it reminds people that life is pass ing Halgin says. On some level it jolts us All and causes us to review and  e the first of january a self defeating  Rathe gel Alon ing  says a , jul Llali notes that it s not unusual for people to loathe family t causes us to review and a Alualu. Fri nearly seized Getty As nazi spy writer says in w York api government Linz nor said he traced the matter to acquaintance of nazi leaders and some Al ing Paul told me thai he had admired inc agents investigated Oil billionaire .1. Paul 1933, when a Getty letter said Hitler is an legend that he had sold Oil to the germans nazis very Ucli. And had met Many Getty on the suspicion he was a nazi agent honest Man very decided in his ways via Mexico. L inc top people. Of. York api government agents investigated Oil billionaire .1. L the suspicion h s a i t and were prepared to take him into custody Laic in 1941, a biographer says. Fri director j. Edgar Hoover decided against apprehending Golty. Without explanation shortly after the bombing of Pearl Harbor author Rob i Ert  wrote in the great Getty a new account of the magnate s life. Allegations i against Getty including charges that he illicitly sold Oil to the germans were 1 unsubstantiated in j. Paul cell three years of investigations  wrote hut he   can mint files indicated  the  Kepi jetty from receiving ambassador ships or a naval commission. It would appear lacking other evidence that Cicely  been indiscreet in his Choice of associates and naive in his interpretation of the political scene rather than an avowed supporter of the a i or fascist re  the office of naval intelligence concluded in 1942, according to Linz nor.  wrote that Gelly s letters and diary included favourable remarks on Adolf Hitler whom Golty saw while he was trav Eling in Germany Between 1937 and 1939. Jelly Lold friends he knew Hitler but he denied it to the Fri. Linz nor wrote. Heard Hitler s speech and thought it worthy of  said 3 diary entry on oct. 6, 1939, six Days Afler the nazis marched into Poland Lenzner wrote. He also quoted one of Getty s friends who was with Nim in Berlin As saying Getty surely knew Bolh Hitler and Hermann goer  Len nor said he used the Federal free Dom of information act to obtain files on investigations of Golty who left tort than j2 billion when he died in 1976. The author described Gelly s interest in Hitler i a flir Lalun and said that by 1941. To hat Tacras ferry. And the greedily gulped Good roes Down the Gull s Gullet