Word: psychic
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...last announced that there was a malaise in the land. The drift was bleak: things would get worse and worse and never get better again. Reagan's immediate predecessors were smudged by a darkness of failure and were all unhorsed by events they lost control of. Reagan's psychic weather is bright sunshine, and so far he has managed to keep the world from bucking him loose. It may be that his principal accomplishment has been to restore the prestige and plausibility of his office...
...many working supermoms, a psychic guilt tax is deducted from the paycheck. After visiting the day-care-center manager who would look after her newborn child, UCLA's Burnam lamented, "I was really depressed to think that this woman would spend more time with my child than I would." After putting in the kinds of long hours required to succeed in almost any profession, working mothers return home wondering how they will muster enough energy to give their children more than just a good-night kiss. It helps that more men are willing to lend a hand with housework...
Sleep deprivation can take you to mental zones even Rod Serling would avoid, dangling your mind on the cutting edge between psychic revelations and euphoric insanity. And this sleepy intoxication is only one benefit of the Allnighter experience...
...University hopes to maximize student happiness by spreading enjoyment of the garden among the entire community, rather than simply members of the Fly. Though a few students will take advantage of the opportunity to use the field, the small measure of pleasure gained will be negated by the substantial psychic pain inflicted upon members of the Fly, who must now share what was once exclusively theirs...
Although the aforementioned organizations will be open to all interested parties, some will require a Comp in order to participate. Guessing 10 or more out of 20 cards correctly and/or levitating will gain one admission to the Psychic Table. Similarly, three good deeds and one miracle will be needed to sit in one of the 12 seats at the Divinity Table. Experience at the Stigmata Table also helps, as will a few sessions calming the noisy antics of the Possessed Table...