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...Peter Katel. With reporting by Sol Biderman/Sao Paulo...
Counselors around the world run courses to help people cope with the fear of flying?which affects some 20-25% of passengers. "A classic symptom of a phobia is avoidance," says Peter Hughes, a British Airways pilot with 34 years' experience who runs programs for flying phobics in Britain. "People are simply staying on the ground. They don't feel ready to address their fears." In Asia that kind of avoidance is particularly strong. "It's the whole psychology of loss of face," says Hughes, "never admitting to having a fear, never mentioning it." This may be one reason...
...addition, these two groups are linked in a particularly American sense—both have been stereotyped in film. From early Westerns to Disney’s Peter Pan, the images of “Indians” were always distorted in ways that were never flattering. As a society, we’ve begun to come to terms with this prejudice. The term “Native Americans” has replaced its derogatory predecessors, and movies like Dances with Wolves are generally good-faith attempts at respectful re-tellings of history...
Plummer Professor of Christian Morals Peter J. Gomes noted the particularly festive atmosphere. “There’s a very good mood in the air,” he said. “People...
Dean of GSAS Peter T. Ellison agrees that increased aid would mean fewer teaching fellows...