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Shelley Thomas, 53, was wheeled into an anteroom at London's Middlesex Hospital in preparation for pelvic surgery. A patient going into that operation is usually given a mix of painkilling narcotics and nerve-quelling tranquilizers. But not Thomas. Instead she rested on a gurney, alert and calm, taking deep breaths at her hypnotherapist's instruction. Thomas counted aloud, "One hundred, deep sleep; 99, deeper sleep...
...Scientists and government officials are usually supposed to calm people down, but these authorities seem to be trying to provoke greater fear, even a little panic. This is not necessarily such a bad thing, says Peter Sandman, a risk communications consultant based in Princeton, N.J., who has advised HHS officials in the past not to be too concerned about alarming the public when trying to educate them to a new danger...
...only hotel accommodation is in flimsy, prefab lodges. Donkeys porting bundles of firewood for sale roam the village. Given the rustic environment, Lotus Mountain markets itself as an ecotourism destination, but the Air Supply tunes blasting from loudspeakers placed at regular intervals along the slopes shatter the wintry calm of the setting?as do the parents who allow their children to color the snow yellow instead of making use of a nearby bathroom. "Skiing is a little more basic in China, because there are some visitors who have never even seen snow before," admits Ma Zhe, a ski instructor...
...Muslims who question Islamic traditions, history and dogma often persecuted? If Islam is a religion of peace, then why is it necessary for politicians from all quarters, including the U.N., to get involved to calm the situation? Islam has become a political ideology, and Westerners need to stop appeasing its adherents in the belief that the problem lies with a few extremists. Gerry Pandarts Lincoln, England...
...Much of the faculty’s anxiety about the search “has just vaporized with the sense of calm brought to this discussion by President Bok,” said James J. McCarthy, the chair of the environmental studies and public policy committee and one of two coordinators of an informal group of department chairs...