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...TRUE ADVENTURES OF JOHN STEINBECK, WRITER by Jackson J. Benson; Viking; 1,116 pages...
Jackson J. Benson, who teaches American literature at San Diego State University, cannot abide people saying this. He has written his enormous biography to prove the unprovable-that Steinbeck wrote many splendid novels before and after The Grapes of Wrath, justifying the Nobel Prize he received in 1962. Benson's admirations exclude only East of Eden; the biographer finds it stilted and overwrought. If Steinbeck did not produce as many great novels as he should have, Benson blames his editor or his agent and, above all, the critics, who kept asking for more Grapes...
August 16 George Benson...
...Marlboro 20.9%, Winston 11%, Salem 7.4%, Kool 6.6%, Benson & Hedges 5.4%, Merit...
...only one of several techniques that can be used to produce what Benson has termed the "relaxation response." The effect can be achieved just by following four simple steps: assume a comfortable position, close your eyes, concentrate on a single word, sound or phrase, and cast off all other thoughts. Instead of using the traditional mantra of TM, Benson's patients are encouraged to select a sound or image that appeals to them personally. One of his Jewish patients focuses on the word shalom; a Greek chants "Kyrie eleison " (Lord have mercy upon us); a Catholic recites the prayer...