Word: phobias
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kremlin is apparently worried about too much exposure to Western ways. First came the spy phobia, designed to discourage too much fraternizing with the waves of Western tourists to Russia. Now comes a Soviet fear that even in the process of learning English, Russian youngsters may be subtly corrupted. The result is reported in the current Columbia University Forum by Stephen Viederman, deputy chairman of the U.S.'s Inter-University Committee on Travel Grants. Where Russia's English texts once merely gushed over the joys of Soviet life, they have now been revised to ensure that students...
There is a little of the truant in every healthy child. But the openly defiant youngster who simply refuses to go to school may be suffering from what doctors call "school phobia"-a deep-rooted psychological disturbance...
...School phobia, reports the British Medical Journal, is actually a form of separation anxiety: the rebellious child's real trouble is not fear of school but fear of separation from his parents. The affected child, says the B.M.J., "is usually above the average in intelligence, but tends to be timid, sensitive, spoiled, and to show other fears and fear reactions, such as night terrors. The mothers tend to be indulgent, overprotective and overanxious." Coddled and shy, the child quickly cultivates an intense dislike for the rigors of school discipline. "The final breakdown," reports the B.M.J., "is occasioned usually...
THACA, N.Y.--The varsity foot-team's goal line phobia struck again at Cornell's Schoellkopf Field, rugged Big Red squad, outplayed for almost three periods, rallied to John Yovicsin's Crimson, 12 to 0. times the Crimson drove inside Cornell 40-yard line, once to a first on the 1, but could never put the across. The Big Red, on the other , grabbed its first big opportunity Brown's interception of a Terry pass) and promptly moved 24 in eight plays for a touchdown 0:52 of the third quarter. With Harvard resistance fading, Cornell added insurance score...
...combat his asthma, a tape recorder, and gadgets that close curtains and regulate the air conditioning. Two secretaries arrive for breakfast, and while Red eats they play a newspaper "Brain Game" with him, firing general information questions at him. If the phone rings, he shudders. He has such a phobia for telephones that he will talk to no one but his wife and manager...