Word: pn
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Army at first stamped "psychoneurosis" on the discharged man's medical record. When the "pn" label scared off prospective employers, Dr. Will had the policy changed: after February 1945, the record of a man discharged for mental cause carried such whizzbang-medicalese -stunning but relatively harmless-as "conversion reactions," "somatization reactions," "anxiety reactions...
...Egyptian government seated at the counter, sipping a frappe and refilling through the morning Times. "We don't have customers, but a clientele, he repeated, and explained the friendly atmosphere that had been built up in the store, especially during the war. "We acted as Navy Store-PN to the servicemen around Harvard, and even got special permission from the Navy to obtain scarce items like soap and cigarettes. As a result, we're still getting postcards from Hawaii and Guam and places all over the world. It's an international reputation we enjoy...