Word: harman
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...accepted explanation among scientists is that levels of the sex hormone testosterone drop after reaching a peak between ages 20 and 30, producing in effect a "male menopause." Now that theory has been challenged. In a study of 73 men, from 25 to 89 years old, Dr. S. Mitchell Harman and fellow researchers at the National Institute on Aging confirmed that there was decreasing sexual activity with advancing years but that levels of testosterone remained remarkably stable after age 30. These results conflict directly with other studies undertaken in the past five years. Harman thinks he knows the reason...
...contrast, the NIA subjects were all healthy, vigorous men. Yet if there is no such thing as male menopause, what causes the sexual decline? Harman suspects that it may be owing at least in part to changes in the central nervous system's ability to send messages along its numerous pathways...
...Handy & Harman...
...Harman, then chairman and chief executive of Harman International, developed a project in conjunction with officials of the United Auto Workers at Harman's auto mirror factory in Bolivar, Tenn., which attempted to increase worker participation in the plant's decision-making process...
After the worker democracy began, "People were more interested in their work, more self-reliant," Harman said. He added, "Incidental to a program aimed at human relations, productivity rose dramatically...