Word: soother
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Peale is still very much in the here and now. He believes that his success as a soother and pacifier in an age of anxiety is a sign of the times. Dr. Peale is already thinking of a follow-up to his book, perhaps to be titled More Positive Thinking or The Techniques of PT. Meanwhile, PT No. 1 continues as a major phenomenon in the publishing world. Not long ago Dr. Peale dropped into a bookstore and asked how his book was doing compared to the Kinsey Report. Peale's was way ahead. "You know," said the salesgirl...
...appointing you the legal guardian of our five youngest children to raise, to feed, to educate, to clothe and to care for according to your standards." Then the Bartons stalked off, leaving five wailing youngsters in court. The startled judge gave them 50? apiece as a soother, then turned them over to the county juvenile home. ¶ In the wooded hills near Shreveport, La., a puma was on the prowl, terrorizing the city's 125,000 residents. Heavily armed hunters and hound dogs were trying to track the beast down...