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...mass mind is, to Bernays, a subject of perpetual fascination. His uncle, Freud, to whom he had intimate access, stood as Bernays' intellectual ideal, but while the Viennese doctor was interested in releasing the pent-up libido of the individual, his American nephew is engaged in releasing and "engineering" the supressed desires of the crowd. In applying these ideas to American conditions for the first time, Bernays has proven that the public can be "brought to accept" anything from a Presidential personality to a new breakfast food...
...Secretary. Rather, there is a general feeling at the White House that Haig, a complex and emotional man who tensely guards his prerogatives, has trouble being the type of amiable team player that Reagan likes to have around. Haig's aides agree that the Secretary harbors a pent-up frustration toward Reagan's top advisers, who lack foreign policy expertise and often constrain his actions. In a recent outburst to three of his close aides, Haig declared that the White House is a "rain barrel" of reverberating noise and that he is the only official prepared for action...
...during a credit crunch when mortgage rates reached a then phenomenal 6.5% after hovering for years at around 5%. Even in today's market, experts are not about to dismiss the U.S. housing industry. High interest rates have made the market stagnant, but they have also created pent-up demand among the baby-boom generation, who are now in their 30s. New housing is currently being built at less than half the 2 million-a-year rate needed just to keep up with those potential buyers. Robert Sheehan, director of economic research for the National Association of Home Builders...
...entire season of pent-up frustrations, of goals that should have been scored, of games that should have been won, suddenly poured out on the field during the last three minutes of the last game of the season for the Harvard men's lacrosse team, as the laxmen nailed powerful Adelphi College, 19-18, at the Business School field...
Last night Northeastern came out hungry, ready to burst with pent-up frustration over the B.U. loss and their unsuccessful defense of the Beanpot trophy. Neither team suffered from tournament jitters as the contest opened with end-to-end action immediately after the opening faceoff...