Word: methodism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...wonder how long it will take before the progressive, scientifically developed peoples of the r world will be able to distinguish between the criminal and the diseased and will treat each group individually. I doubt sincerely if Judge Scott's method of cure -nine months in jail and then five years of probation-will prove very effective...
Clean Wind. A.A.'s method (inspired by William James's Varieties of Religious Experience) rests on an appeal to a Higher Power (God, or whatever Force the member prefers) for strength to resist the compulsion to drink. Founder Bill, describing his "spiritual awakening," said: "I felt lifted up, as though the great clean wind of a mountaintop blew through and through." Psychiatrists, who use much fancier words, describe the process as the "use of a religious or spiritual force to attack the fundamental narcissism of the alcoholic...
...every Alcoholic Anonymous knows, "twelfth-step work" (helping other alcoholics) is one of the most important single factors in keeping members on the wagon. No cure, the A.A. method is effective only as long as a member keeps it up. An A.A. member is in for life. Those who quit usually go back to the bottle...
...sixty members attending the discussion voted to abandon the policy of circulating petitions to arouse student sentiment, a method widely used during the fall with mediocre results, in favor of direct lobbying and testimony before legislative committees. Outstanding success of the petitions distributed throughout the University was a resolution condemning the tactics used by the Rankin Committee against Professor Harlow Shapley, which was signed by 1200 students and faculty members...
Page's method involves testing for a substance called pitocinase, an enzyme found in a pregnant woman's blood. Pitocinase neutralizes pitocin, a mysterious pituitary hormone which seems to play a part in contracting the muscles of the uterus. As pregnancy advances, the amount of pitocinase in the blood increases at an exactly predictable rate. By measuring the concentration of pitocinase, Page determines the stage of pregnancy. His measurement method: a strip of uterus from an elderly female rat is suspended in a solution containing pitocin and a patient's blood sample. If the patient...