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Part of the answer undoubtedly is that the public, in the words of Economist Otto Eckstein, is still "shell-shocked" by the severity of the recession that ended last spring. People seem to recognize, accurately, that years will be required to repair the damage to the jolted economy. In addition, the consciences of people who are working have been assuaged by the knowledge that...
Aristotle's answer was that pity and terror purged the emotions and left the heart light. Freud thought stories of "the uncanny" released repressed anxiety-real toads come out to play in imaginary gardens. A modern German theologian, Rudolf Otto, was convinced that the goose flesh people feel at horror movies was the symptom of primitive religious experience. But a close look at the history of the fear trip-as Pop-Sociologist Les Daniels demonstrates in this witty catalogue of Who's Who in Horror-suggests more immediate historical reasons...
...nation's economy is in the midst of a period of sustained improvement, Otto Eckstein, Warburg Professor of Economics, told about 100 people attending a New England Economic Project (NEEP) conference on Friday...
Warren H. Otto '76, chairman of the Lowell House committee, said Monday he believes Lowell's "Happy Hour" is legal because it does not actually sell drinks, but merely accepts suggested donations to cover the cost of the liquor...
...Lowell House committee has sought no legal advice on the subject, Otto said...