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Word: dianetieian (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1950
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...scientific works have had such popular acclaim; "dianeties" has sold 40,000 copies by August (each reader automatically becoming a qualified dianetieian) and has been about fourth on the best seller list ever since. Science--fiction addicts have followed Hubbard's releases in "Astounding Science Fiction" down to the latest monograph in the October issue; astounding -sounding jargon or the absence from the 450-page book of ay experimental evidence cannot balk them. The appeal of the quick sure-cure is not surprising. Hubbard's claims are as disarming as an old-fashioned patent-medicine label...

Author: By Daniel Ellsberg, | Title: CABBAGES & KINGS | 10/24/1950 | See Source »

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