Word: meres
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Precise communication becomes vitally important. To reduce the risk of misunderstanding between tower and cockpit, a controller is forbidden to tell a pilot to "hold for takeoff." The mere mention of "takeoff" could trigger a response in the mind of the pilot and cause him to throw the throttles open prematurely. The correct command: "Taxi into position and hold...
...ends all punishment for mere possession of up to ten grams of marijuana, going beyond decriminalization measures so far passed in eight states...
...enough of superficialities, you say, what about the book? I've already given away half the plot, and feel a tinge of guilt creeping around my shoulder as I type, so I won't tell you any more for the mere price of The Crimson. Without giving away that much, however, you might not read past the first five pages--I only made it to the crucial "I'm pregnant" scene because I was reviewing the damn thing...
...Champion was more than a mere overseer. He launched his own projects, like the Mission Hill Medical Area power plant and housing project in Roxbury and the plan to set up a new, quasi-independent firm to manage Harvard's endownment portfolio, instead of farming it all out to independent brokerage houses. Some, like the Med Area power plant, met with opposition, but most were implemented in one way or another. And Champion, unlike two of Bok's other V.P.'s, had no major blots on his record. Yes, the power plant plan caused an unlikely alliance of opposition between...
...second basic step in Sampson's program uses hypnosis for purposes often beyond mere relaxation. Having perceived his patient's problems through reports from doctors and previous sessions, Sampson gradually begins to suggest helpful attitudes that may aid patients to tackle whatever difficulty they may have. Sampson says the results of these suggestions, given while in a subconscious state of relaxation, have been very positive. Thereafter, Sampson shows his patients how to make these suggestions to themselves while in the privacy of their own home. It's a process of attitude conditioning and eventually, attitude programming, by which Sampson believes...