Word: psycho
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...cold war defrosts, Americans and Russians are discovering common interests: rock music, fast food and . . . MIND-CONTROL TECHNOLOGY. Former KGB General George Kotov has told American visitors about Russian research into "acoustic psycho-correction." The process involves transmitting commands into the subconscious through static or white-noise bands. The U.S. Army says it's "looking into" these reports...
...temporarily insane" because he heard strange voices on his non-GTE system. The New York State Lottery game Crazy 8s last year had an ad showing a "typical" customer bragging that he was "crazy, nuts. I'm out of control." Ads have run recently for "psycho" sunglasses and "Skitzocolor" T shirts...
...fact, many students are misinformed not just about psychology in general, but about psychology at Harvard. Longstanding student rumor has it that undergraduates with mental health problems are placed in "psycho singles," but Catlin said that Mental Health Services does not involve itself in housing issues...
Besides, the idea that Americans would want to institute "a whole range of psycho-sexual repressions," as one commentator put it, is ludicrous. We like our personal freedom too much...
...also more laughs. Stiller is capable of turning out a dead-on TV or movie parody, like his takeoff on Cape Fear, with a grownup Eddie Munster as the De Niro-esque psycho. But he rarely settles for the frisson of a good impersonation; his sketches usually give the satiric knife an extra twist or two. In "Amish Studs," the leering host coaxes double entendres out of every innocent comment from chaperoned contestants ("I was impressed with his incredible plowing ability"). In "Legends of Springsteen," a New Jersey rock fan recalls the time when the Boss made a surprise appearance...