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...lengths to clarify his theories. He begins by defining a useless fear; "If walking through a park, I come upon a snarling tiger, the fear is appropriate because there is a real danger. But if, instead of a tiger, I see a small mouse and am terrified by that harmless creature, the fear is useless." For readers who have no difficulty understanding this formidable concept, Wolpe goes on to define emotion, imagination and habit. With the exception of "systematic desensitization," the author shuns words over two syllables long, and those few staples which he cannot absolutely avoid--anxiety and inhibition...
...Solidarity union movement, Polish jokes are out. For another, many people are being made aware of long-hidden resentment of the pampered pets and their golden-eyed contempt toward the humans privileged to support them. Pop Psychologist Joyce Brothers regards ailurophobia, at least in its literary form, as a harmless put-on. "If you get upset at this," she says, "you have too much emotional involvement in your pet." Harvey Mindess, an authority on the psychology of humor, sniffs: "101 Uses proves that there are a lot of ten-year-olds in the buying public." Mindess speculates that Simon Bond...
...deceive ourselves and assume that the second coming of Bob Lemon means long-term stability at the Yankee helm. Though he is as harmless as a slurpy old Labrad or retriever, and just as obsequious as far as relations with the front office are concerned, the man they call "Meat" will probably be snoozing in his backyard on Opening...
Barring any last-minute delays, Hays will be placed on a stretcher on Sept. 14 with his arms, legs and chest strapped. A needle will be inserted into a vein and a harmless salt solution will begin to pass through a tube and into Hays' body. Next, Hays will be carried to an execution room where some 30 people, including the press and up to seven people named by Hays, will witness his final moments. At 12:30 a.m. the executioner-an unidentified volunteer behind a screen-will open a valve that gradually replaces the salt solution with...
...American Werewolf, Baker made a dummy of Actor David Naughton, then put a new device called a shape shifter, operated by pistons or cables, inside it. When the full moon rose over the horizon-werewolf time-Baker turned on the shape shifter, stretching the skin and turning a perfectly harmless dummy into the meanest creature to hit England since Grendel...