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Jeff explained that L. Ron Hubbard invented a machine to help an auditor (literally, one who listens) question and aid a subject. The e-meter runs a slight electric current—no more than a battery, Jeff explained—which forms a circuit through the subject’s body. If the subject sits still, the e-meter measures his or her internal tension. The subject holds two shiny metal cylinders, which attach to a console that looks ripped from a 1920s airplane cockpit. Jeff explained that triggers can access different parts of the memory, which is stored...
...second-most popular course, Social Analysis 10, “Principles of Economics,” saw a slight increase in enrollment under the new course head, Beren Professor of Economics N. Gregory Mankiw. Ec 10 currently has 692 students enrolled, compared with 638 last fall—the final year in which Baker Professor of Economics Martin S. Feldstein ’61 taught the course...
After sustaining a slight hip injury on the second drive of the game, Dawson left the field for the remainder of the first quarter...
...When an object does float on water, the water will not remain flat, but will instead form a bump or dimple, depending on the object’s weight. When two identical objects float close together, the change is more noticeable—two cheerios, for example, will cause slight dents in the milk and close together, will appear to “fall into” each other or form clumps...
Murray credits the slight increase in attendance at the orientation meetings to the healthy economy, and says that the competition among seniors extends beyond the recruiting sphere...