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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Sonic Support. One of the psycho-metricist's more profound discoveries is that whenever a U.S. President has attempted to reassure businessmen about the state of the economy, he has succeeded only in impairing business confidence. To counter this "Inverse Insecurity Factor," as he calls it, McLandress devised the subliminal Sonic Support Apparatus Mark II, a miniaturized tape recorder designed to reassure the businessman by playing back the speeches of some hero figure to whom he turns mentally for inspiration in moments of insecurity. Among other "Sustaining Presences," the doctor found that Barry Goldwater, the Hoovers (J. Edgar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Lowest Uncommon Delineator | 11/1/1963 | See Source »

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