Word: sawyerism
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...Henry B. Sawyer...
Richard M. Sawyer...
Last week Tom Sawyer's amiable hocus-pocus got a nod of approval from a scientific quarter. Said Dr. Hermann Vollmer of New York in the current Psychosomatic Medicine: suggestion is "at least as effective" a cure for warts as X ray or surgery. He documented his case with the findings of French, German and Swiss dermatologists, outlined his own experiments with over 100 children...
...Huck. It is this incarnation of the U.S. small-town mind at its best-a kind of adult blend of Tom Sawyer's intelligence and Huck Finn's human decency- that gave his life and gives his autobiography its special flavor. Moreover, he possessed as a birthright that ultimate skepticism which is the proportioning power of true wisdom...
Harried Headquarters. The goings-on in New Mexico were only a tiny part of the far-flung preparations. In Washington, mild-mannered L. A. Sawyer, technical director of Operation Crossroads, battled with a crushing schedule of planning and consultation. Many of his projects were still secret, and would remain so, but enough had been released about them to show the gigantic scope of the operation...