Word: effect
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Hypnosis can motivate subjects to perform extraordinary feats of endurance and strength, but appropriate motivation in the wake state, if properly applied, can also increase the physical capacity of the subject. In an experiment designed to test the effect of hypnosis versus that of motivation on the physical capacity, Dr. Orne had hypnotized subjects hold a kilogram weight at arm's length. They were told that their arm was resting on a table (hallucinated) and that they could feel no discomfort in it. They were asked to hold the weight as long as possible without dropping it or lowering their...
Avance and Diario had committed the error of strong but well-reasoned arguments against a new Castro decree boosting import duties to 100% in some cases; the effect, noted the papers, may well be to reduce Cuba to the levels of undeveloped Asian and African nations...
...implied tribute was impressive. Though individual collectors have paid similar sums for Wyeth, a museum is in effect making a finding that its purchase has permanent value, must answer both to posterity and a board of trustees for the accuracy of its judgment...
...return to the fully convertible gold standard, abandoned in 1933, under which dollars could be exchanged for gold coins. The other-usually joined with the first-is that the U.S. should double or triple the present gold price of $35 an ounce, thus devaluing the dollar and in effect automatically increasing the monetary value of the official gold holdings of the free world's nations...
Dunlop, however, thinks a settlement without a price rise is "unlikely," but minimized its inflationary effect since all the other outstanding contract negotiations this year have already been decided. "Steel will follow, not set the pace," he suggested...