Word: painlessly
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...weeks ago Pleven had laid the groundwork for his deal. He told De Gaulle that though the R.P.F. would probably come to power, after a series of parliamentary crises, the Communists might meanwhile start a violent insurrection. "What is necessary," said Pleven, "is to organize a painless transition. You should make some friendly gesture toward those leaders of the present regime for whom you have personal respect...
Only through research on dogs were the iron lung, the Strader splint, and insulin developed, continued the doctors. "Our main task now is to enlighten the public on the necessity for our painless animal operations," they stated...
...Operations on dogs are painless," explained one of the staff at the surgical research labs. "We always use a general anesthesia, and the animal feels no discomfort...
...Cures" & Quacks. Did Freud give up hypnotism too soon? Authors Wolfe and Rosenthal, sure that he did, report hypnotic effects that make Svengali* look like a tyro. They claim that hypnotism has cured numerous cases of psychoneurosis, made childbirth painless and alcoholics sober. They reassure prospective patients by saying that no one can be forced to act against his moral principles while in a trance (e.g., a girl cannot be hypnotically seduced if she does not want to be; if she does, the authors add gravely, "hypnosis is an unnecessarily involved and roundabout route...
...operation itself is a relatively minor event. Some donors have even admitted that they rather enjoyed it. Student entertainment, of course, isn't the prime object of the undertaking. But since at worst it is painless and quick, all the needling of the student body should be left to the doctors and not to the overworked crew of PBH campaigners...