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...alleviate tension and anxiety. But Selby asks, "Why doesn't the nurse just come in and sit on the side of the patient's bed and talk, perhaps hold his hand? It would have the same effect." And in a column in the Toronto Star, Henry Gordon, a local skeptic, likened that relief to the placebo effect, which, he wrote, "makes TT no different from the laying on of hands." Dr. William Jarvis, president of the National Council Against Health Fraud, in Loma Linda, California, agrees: "I see therapeutic touch as a form of faith healing that has captured...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A No-Touch Therapy | 11/21/1994 | See Source »

...Murphy, playing the always-skeptic coach to a tee, contends that the game will not be a cakewalk...

Author: By Matt Howitt, | Title: Football Hopes to Gang Up on Holy Cross | 10/1/1994 | See Source »

There is a place for the skeptic in journalism without letting cynicism replace idealism. There is enough insecurity and negative energy at Harvard. Why not be an encouraging voice? This campus is full of talented people committed to giving back to Harvard. How about an article that is upbeat, encouraging, and compliments people's efforts...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Crimson Key Editorial Offensive, Unfair to Organization | 9/23/1994 | See Source »

...skeptic," he now says...

Author: By Terry H. Lanson, SPECIAL TO THE CRIMSON | Title: 1994's MEGA-ISSUE | 2/2/1994 | See Source »

...skeptic. It's a question of the Megaplex instead of [another project] and whether you can gain better economic impact by doing something else...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Area Leaders on the Magaplex | 2/2/1994 | See Source »

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