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First developed by psychologist Barbara Rothbaum and computer scientist Larry Hodges to combat fear of heights, VR exposure therapy works on the principle that if you can train people to relax in a simulation of a scary situation, they will relax when confronted with the real thing. I visited the Virtually Better clinic in Atlanta, which charges $150 for a one-hour session. It provides a headset and plane seat that immerse you in a 3-D virtual airplane, complete with vibrations, engine sounds, flight-attendant call bells, and--at touchdown--tire squeals...
Members of the audience said they enjoyed Rhein's performance. "He held his own with the professionals," said Daniel L. Rothbaum '92, who was in last night's crowd...
...Melvin Rothbaum, instructor in Economics, who assists in a course on Public Policy and Labor, noted that, under existing laws, unions file many reports with the Secretary of Labor, "but nobody ever looks at them." He said that inter-union "watchdog committees" might provide better regulation of union affairs than increased government responsibility...
...pair entered vaudeville through the back room of a Brighton, England barroom. Their mother, an unmarried barmaid, sold the infants to the proprietors, a family named Hilton, for exhibition purposes. The Hiltons' daughter married one Rothbaum who changed his name to Meyer Meyers and took the twins to the U. S., where their stage and sideshow appearances earned enough for a mansion at San Antonio, Tex. and a portfolio of securities...
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