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...sums it up, "there's something a little special about you-everyone feels it, and so do you. I think this may be what draws people down here, and even though they hate it, they feel it's worth buying with a little time and a little discomfort. It will last them a lifetime...
...kept on intoning reassurance to the patient and inducing her to lapse into a deeper hypnotic state. When the operation was over, he alerted her out of it by a pre-arranged signal-a touch on the shoulder. She had no memory of pain, felt no nausea or other discomfort...
...antenna would be plugged into the socket. From that time on, the child's sensory perceptions and muscular activity could be either modified or completely controlled by bioelectric signals radiated from state-controlled transmitters. The regular treatment for schizophrenia uses the same surgical techniques . . . The electrodes cause no discomfort, no damage to brain tissue and no interference with the functioning of the brain except when energized...
...psychology lab a student volunteer washed down the magnet with water, then lay down on a bed, fully dressed and in no discomfort. Beneath the bed was a magnetometer detector (a small rectangular box). Wires from the detector led to the control room, where members of the research team watched the magnet's movements recorded by an automatic...
...designs and builds. Through the generations, good builders have tried to measure up to the formula of Roman Architect Vitruvius Pollio, contemporary of Julius Caesar, but they have often thought more of the structure than of its inhabitants, and have at times produced more monstrosity than delight, more discomfort than commodity. But in mid-20th century the art of well-building has reached a high state, and is moving toward greater achievements...