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...Milgram found that 62.5% of his subjects could be encouraged, browbeaten or intimidated into seeing the test through to its conclusion by delivering scores of shocks of increasing intensity to the maximum of 450 volts. In The Game of Death, 81% of contestants go all the way by administering more than 20 shocks of up to a maximum of 460 volts. Only 16 of the 80 subjects recruited for the fake game show refuse the verbal prodding from the host - and pressure from the audience to keep dishing out the torture like a good sport - though most express misgivings...
...Monday's press briefing, the automaker raised several questions about Sikes' account. Michels said the car's accelerator pedal was found to work normally, as was the pushbutton power switch, which "shut the vehicle off when depressed for three seconds, as the 911 operator advised Mr. Sikes to do." Michels also said the car's gear-shift lever worked properly under testing...
...what about the car's software? According to preliminary findings, there were no diagnostic trouble codes found in the power-management computer, Michels noted, nor was the dashboard's malfunction-indicator light activated; also, the floor mat was in the correct position. Toyota has identified floor mats as one cause of past sudden-acceleration problems. (See which businesses are bucking the recession...
Brennan, last season’s Ivy League Rookie of the Year, helped her team take the lead with her first assist of the game. Early in the first period, Brennan found teammate Megan Smith open for the score that put Penn in control...
Petropulos and VanderMeulen added their second and third goals of the game, respectively, and freshman Danielle Tetreault found the back of the net, but it was not enough offense for the Crimson to recover...