Word: conscious
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Many a matron has taken to boots, oblivious of the fact that in them most women over 40 look like Captain Hook, not Peter Pan. On the other hand, young women-including some well-heeled, style-conscious teen-agers (see BOOKS)-have jumped in with both feet. A special favorite is the high-heeled, calf-topping black leather model with the rakish, lady-lion-tamer look. Its teetering heels may make it as impractical as a boot can get-certainly not the thing for fording slushy gutters or negotiating icy pavements. A lack of ice and slush makes the high...
...medical examination." Now "he is to all intents and purposes retired," says Eslanda, who does practically all the talking. "He does not wish to see anyone or give any interviews. Nor does he wish to be photographed, because he has lost a lot of weight and is very self-conscious about being thin...
Dallas residents proudly call theirs "a man-made town." Few cities can match Dallas for the amount of self-conscious effort that her citizens have invested in making a good image for their town. Consequently the grotesque events of this November in Dallas have a special meaning for Dallas's denizens. More than a sense of national tragedy, they have a sense of civic ire; for Dallas' carefully constructed image has been soiled...
This, of course, would be a tiny drop in the bucket. But the announcement served a shrewd purpose. A major aim of President Johnson's cost-cutting drive was to impress the cost-conscious Congress. But whereas a Congressman may be all for money-saving in the abstract, it is quite a different matter when the proposal is to save money from his own state or district. Thus, upon hearing of McNamara's plans, there were the predictable yelps from almost all the affected Congressmen. They were heard by the folks at home, but would hardly sway Secretary...
...patient hypnotized, Psychiatrist Richard A. Kunin, 31, works with the system of "ideomotor responses" (finger signals to indicate answers and reactions) developed by Obstetrician David B. Cheek, a fellow San Franciscan. Dr. Cheek finds that a mere nod or shake of the head during hypnosis is a relatively conscious effort that can cloud what the subject is recalling; finger signals, sometimes so slight that the psychiatrist can perceive them only as the tensing of a tendon on the back of the hand, work at a deep, subconscious level, and do not interfere with communication...