Word: liftings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Confidence. For tall, aloof Giorgio Valerio, son of an Italian steelman and a wealthy white Russian, Edison's rebirth was a proud moment after months of anxiety during the nationalization crisis. His victory gave a lift to the Milan exchange, which has been dormant for months; it also heartened Italy's nervous businessmen, who have been deeply depressed ever since last year's leftist turn in politics. Crowed one Italian industrialist: "They could nationalize electricity, but they couldn't nationalize Valerio...
...understanding watchman that Mme. Brousse was suspicious of their liaison (she was, indeed, and later divorced him). The embassy, Brousse explained to the guard, was the only place where he and his girl could rendezvous, and they soon became regular visitors. On the night they planned to lift the code, with the help of a safebreaker called the Georgia Cracker, they put the watchman to sleep with drugged champagne, only to find that the locks were so tough that they had to complete the job a few nights later...
...words sounded for all the world like the stage directions for an old-fashioned vaudeville demonstration of hypnosis: "You are going to relax, and the feeling of relaxation will start in your scalp. When you feel this, one of your fingers will feel like lifting. That will be your 'Yes' finger. Then your eyes will feel relaxed, your mouth and lips will feel soft, and your 'Yes' finger will lift." The speaker works downward in a sort of hyp tease, through jaw, neck and shoulders, arms, chest, and abdomen, thighs, legs and feet. "When you feel...
...same manner any time he chooses. At the next session, Dr. Kunin says: "Turn your thoughts to a pleasant scene-a mountain, a beach or a woodland-and picture it to yourself. See yourself there. When this is in your mind, let your 'Yes' finger lift...
...Fist. When the patient contracts a muscle in his arm, just as if he intended to make a fist, the servo-electric system relays the signals and his artificial hand clenches in a fist. The lightweight arm is so versatile that the wearer can unscrew a light bulb, lift weights up to 9 lbs., and bend every knuckle on every finger...