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...problem is that behavior modification works better with specific limited phobias?say, of dogs or birds???than with the generalized panic of agoraphobia. Says Dr. Claire Weekes of Sydney, Australia, a specialist in agoraphobia: "Agoraphobia is not a true phobia. It's one phase of an anxiety state." Weekes, author of Simple, Effective Treatment of Agoraphobia, has treated 1,200 agoraphobics in person and 4,000 more with records, tapes and letters. In her opinion, behaviorists are on the wrong track when they train agoraphobics to avoid panic. Says she: "Recovery lies in the attack itself and learning to cope...
...slow-motion rhythms of Arctic life, a crop of simple lichen may take 100 years to grow to maturity?a few inches high. Arctic char, a staple Eskimo food, keeps on growing for 18 years. Migratory birds???lesser Canada geese, eider ducks, American pintails, whistling swans, Brant geese?must time their breeding to the day. If winter is unusually long, a whole species may achieve zero population growth because it lacks time to hatch and rear its young before the ice begins to return in late August...
...Book of Birds???Henry W. Henshaw...
What Price Glory, They Knew What They Wanted, Desire Under the Elms, The Firebrand, Dancing Mothers, Mrs. Partridge Presents, The Fall Guy, The Youngest, Minick, Wild Birds???these ten plays in slightly condensed form make up the bulk of the volume...
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