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...ubiquitous that I hate to pick out one group. Anybody who is conscientious is subject to this because they will try to get everything done, no matter what. So are people who crave high stimulation. I've seen it in writers , people in the arts and the creative fields; but you also find it in accountants and others who are taking on more than they can handle...
...Behind much of this enterprise is a U.S. musician named Don Campbell, who is not a scientist and had nothing to do with the original research, but who quickly trademarked the term "Mozart effect," and has written two best-selling books on the subject and compiled more than a dozen CDs. "In an instant, music can uplift our soul. It awakens within us the spirit of prayer, compassion and love," he writes. "It clears our minds and has been known to make us smarter." Rauscher is both bemused and sometimes amused by such rank commercialization. "At least somebody managed...
...holiday music is nearly inescapable and the goyim are busy decorating aromatic foliage, I’m camped out in the local movie theater. Plus, it was a Spielberg film. His movies, aside from the ones that suck, are always good. And it was about Israel, a personal favorite subject, and killing terrorists, another sweet topic. The story, as you probably know, revolves around the brutal massacre of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympic Games in the titular city. The rest is an intriguing study of the psychological toll of counter-terrorism, its cycles of violence and ethical implications...
...everything in me that I use to set myself apart from my classmates and peers is reflected, in one way or another, in the older generations of Suttons and Adomanises. The holiday season is, inevitably, a time of family get-togethers and gossip. Because of this, family is a subject of discussion more than at any other time of the year; names long-unmentioned suddenly crop up as frequently as the local sports team or the weather. Perhaps some of my “discoveries” are merely the product of an over-active mind, finally given a respite...
...exclusive report on Steven Spielberg's new film, Munich, generated some unease: Was the director granting too much humanity to the Palestinian terrorists who murdered 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Olympics? But Spielberg fans eagerly anticipated the filmmaker's take on an emotionally charged subject Your cover story on Steven Spielberg's new movie, Munich, described the film as "so sensitive it was kept under wraps" [Dec. 12]. What's so sensitive? The terrorist massacre of Israeli athletes at the 1972 Munich Olympics and Israel's response were credibly addressed in the 1986 movie Sword of Gideon. Still...