Word: stressed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Fischer's assertion that it is 'everything' is merely necessary monomania. As for the maniac: "A chess genius is a human being who focuses vast, little-understood mental gifts and labors on an ultimately trivial human enterprise. Almost inevitably, this focus produces pathological symptoms of nervous stress and unreality...
Shorn of hope, power, possessions, he experienced a serene vision of life. Good and evil exist, he concluded. Man knows one from another and even under terrible stress can sometimes find the courage to act upon his knowledge...
...psychiatrist in the U.S., he is an authority on poverty and racial discrimination and a prolific author. His multivolume Children of Crisis, a study of the effect of social stress on children, won a 1973 Pulitzer for nonfiction. After studying at Harvard, Columbia and the University of Chicago, Coles joined the Harvard staff in 1963, and now lives near his native Boston. Viewing all men and women as strong and sensible, weak and full of faults, Coles voices faith in America: "This is the world's richest and most powerful nation, so it has not only the potentiality...
...display of press-agentry, the Bricklin car-product of cowboy-booted, Indian-beaded Millionaire Malcolm Bricklin, the first American to start an auto manufacturing business from scratch in 28 years (TIME, May 27)-made its official debut last week at Manhattan's elegant Four Seasons restaurant. Though its stress is on safety, it turned out to be a sporty-looking, high-priced ($6,500) vehicle with several unusual features. Its gull-wing doors need only a 10-in. clearance to open fully, minimizing the risk of side swipes. Polyurethane bumpers are designed to absorb the shock...
...best is the classic Stress Analysis of a Strapless Evening Gown, in which a structural engineer confronts "the problem of designing a dress which appears as if it would fall at any moment and yet actually stays up with some small factor of safety." The solution lies in understanding the principle of the cantilever beam...