Word: insomnia
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...lectures, sales of his books and pamphlets. That he is stumped by few human problems is evident from the titles of his 300 pamphlets. Some of them: Love and How to Express It, Acidosis (and how to overcome it), Promiscuous Kissing, The Care of the Skin, Disciplining Your Child, Insomnia, War of the Sexes, Feminine Shapeliness, Have You Been Jilted? Although the pamphlets cost 3? each, a listener whose troubles run a wide enough gamut to require 50 pamphlets can get them at a bargain price...
Maladjusted students at University of Chicago and other patients, instructed in General Semantics, gained weight, got over insomnia, depression, hallucinations, delusions...
...cockcrow broadcasting, has been doing Early Risers Clubs since 1932 for WIP (Philadelphia), WMCA (Manhattan). He was once as offensively cheery as his glad-voiced fellows. He invented Jim Grouch for use as a horrible example on such Pollyanna programs, decided only last month, after a night of insomnia, that Jim Grouch had the right...
...every action, according to physics, there is a reaction; and after every stimulant, whether caffein or marijuana, therefore, comes a let-down. Perhaps it is slight; perhaps the effect is scarcely noticeable; but there is an effect. Taking caffein pills without doctor's orders might well lead to insomnia and general irritability. This certainly is no way to finish an evamination, nor is it the easy path toward resumption of studies. On the contrary, the ensuing let-down may prove scholastically lethal...
Radio City Revels (RKO-Radio) is a fancy patch of cinematic needlework stretched over the hoop-la idea of a songwriter who works only in his sleep. Fanciest flight: frantic Song Thieves Jack Oakie and Milton Berle trying to cure Sleep-writer Bob Burns's insomnia by tossing a lamb back & forth across his bed. shortcutting by having him start counting at 1,000. Current & Choice...