Word: mentalism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Straight Alcohol. In fact, hazing that inflicts physical or mental abuse is banned by most universities and colleges and several states. But it still goes on to some degree. There have been other deaths. Last year at the University of Nevada at Reno John Davies died after being forced to drink straight alcohol, whisky, vodka and gin, for more than 24 hours by a fraternity called the Sundowners. In New Jersey in 1974 William Flowers, a pledge to the Zeta Beta Tau fraternity at Monmouth College, suffocated in a "grave" he had been forced to dig for himself...
...them. This kind of audience share is usually achieved only by special events like the World Series. It means that people in 23 million households choose to get their weekly fix of girl watching, double-entendre sex jokes and mild violence here. It is not, apparently, a show for mental prepubescents only. Angels ranks fourth among all programs in metropolitan areas, seventh among college graduates, seventh among viewers with incomes above $20,000. Most important, it ranks first with adult viewers regardless of their station in life-which may or may not say something about the state of adulthood...
...certain, but old stories keep cropping up. In 1972, Robert Maheu, a top Hughes administrator who had been fired, told the Securities and Exchange Commission that Frank William Gay, the ranking Hughes insider, had approached him in the late 1960s to discuss the possibility of having Hughes declared mentally incompetent. It was precisely the fear that a judge might question his mental competence that caused Hughes to go to any length, even risking his fortune, to avoid appearing in court...
Texas officials disagree. Led by Attorney General John Hill, Texas lawyers argue that Hughes always intended to return to the state of his birth. They cite Hughes tax returns listing Houston addresses, plus Hughes' death certificate, which gives Houston as his home. Hill contends that mental incompetence and isolation prevented Hughes from determining his final resting place. Therefore, Hill argues, residency should revert to his Houston birthplace...
...special "forgiveness" cases the University does not require a student to repay his loan. These are extreme hardship cases, usually involving chronic mental or physical disabilities...