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Despite her altruism, though, the Countess must still defend herself against unbelievers. "Skeptic in Kansas City," instead of seeking help, charges that "if you were such a great psychic you wouldn't be writing for a weekly newspaper." If, "Skeptic" says, the Countess had any brains she would predict winning lottery numbers. But Sabak retorts, "I stopped playing lotteries after I became a multimillionaire early in my career. I now devote my time to helping other people free of charge. Writing a column for The Weekly World News--with my six-figure salary donated to charity--is just...

Author: By Dante E. A. ramos, | Title: Deconstructing Miss Manners | 2/20/1992 | See Source »

...rebuilding is well advanced, the country's psychic rehabilitation has barely begun. The seven-month occupation left deep scars that will take years to heal. Iraqi soldiers tortured or brutalized an estimated 15,000 Kuwaitis, including more than 1,000 female victims of rape, who are considered unmarriageable or pariahs by a conservative Islamic society. According to a government-authorized medical study, 350 Kuwaitis died during their imprisonment, usually after gruesome torture. Limbs were broken, eyes gouged out, ears and genitals cut off. In one case, a man was half immersed in a vat of acid. Men were killed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Kuwait's Cleanup | 1/27/1992 | See Source »

...every 10 years. In order to make room in your head for all the new information that's generated, you have to get rid of a lot of the old information. I think younger people maybe tend to simply not see print or text as being as important for psychic survial as older people, or even people my age. I think that's better for them in a way. Nature always ensures the survival of her babies...

Author: By Peter D. Pinch, | Title: Doug Coupland Speaks On the Trail of Generation X | 10/10/1991 | See Source »

...accident, to sue the proprietor of the lot for failing to prevent auto thefts. The same ingredient in the Zeitgeist must have affected the Philadelphia jury described by journalist Walter Olson in a new book, The Litigation Explosion. The jury awarded $986,000 in 1986 to Judith Haimes, a psychic who was said to be on good terms with John Milton (1608-1674). Haimes sued her doctor and a hospital, alleging that she suffered an allergic reaction and intense headaches from a dye used in a 1976 CAT scan and as a consequence could not use her psychic powers. Paradise...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Exculpations Crybabies: Eternal Victims | 8/12/1991 | See Source »

Among the unamused: Geller himself. After the ads aired in 1989, he sued Timex and the advertising firm Fallon McElligott, which created the spot, for a very down-to-earth $8 million. Geller asserted that Timex used the fame of his "psychic abilities" to sell their watches. But last month a New York district court judge threw out four of Geller's five claims, such as the assertion that the ad violated his right to control his own image and publicity. The case will now proceed on the sole claim that Tim Dry, the actor featured in the commercials...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Litigation: Uri to Timex: Do You Mind? | 8/12/1991 | See Source »

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