Word: meters
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Pulling away from highly-regarded Princeton after little more than a quarter of the 2000-meter race had been rowed, and winning the Compton Cup by three lengths, the Crimson heavies made it clear that no matter where they sit in the varsity shell, they will be extremely difficult to beat...
...harmful effects of the late rearrangement were scarcely visible as the Crimson opened up a deck-length on the Tigers after 500 meters and broke the race open with a power 20 near the 1000-meter mark...
...perfect computer); the latter is subconscious, operating solely on a stimulus-response basis. It records engrams, or painful memories, which are subject to constant re-stimulation. These engross carry an electrical charge, which is removed by the auditing process. An essential fixture of auditing is the E-meter, a crude form of lie detector with two tin cans, attached by wires to a meter. The pre-clear holds the cans in his hands and the meter measures electrical resistance, based supposedly upon the charge of certain memories, but in fact based simply on galvanic skin response (how tightly one squeezes...
...seized 100 E-meters, and brought legal action against Dianetics for "false and misleading claims." After a long case, the E-meter was found guilty in 1967. But in Feb. 1969 a Court of Appeals reversed the conviction, ruling that the E-meter was an integral part of the cult's religious practices. On the basis of that decision, Scientology has established itself as a bona-fide religion. However, advertisements for the E-meter now include a note in fine print saying, "The E-meter is not intended or effective for the diagnosis, treatment or prevention of any disease...
...destined for Yale and a happily-ever-after life, but just before he was to go to New Haven his father died and there was no money for college. O'Hara went on to a spectacularly varied assortment of jobs-freight clerk, steel-mill worker, soda jerk, gas-meter reader and deckhand-before turning to writing...