Word: suggestibility
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...their Brooklyn headquarters, the Witnesses suggest that the decrease in active members may stem from "a problem in receiving accurate reports" because of a new rotation system for officers of local congregations. Outsiders speculate that the Witnesses might be in trouble because of disappointment that the world did not end in 1975, as the faith's leaders had predicted. Reviewing the new figures, the official Watchtower newspaper comments: "As we approach the end, times get harder...
...which faces fall elections, could also refuse to ratify any agreement. Strauss does have the wholehearted support of President Carter, but this Congress has shown itself to be well aware that protecting home industries is an easy way to win votes. Indeed, protectionism has developed global momentum: GATT studies suggest that trade-restricting moves by various countries cost the world $30 billion to $50 billion in potential international commerce over the past three years. Noting the political pressures, one Geneva negotiator fears that the meeting could end by simply "defining gentlemanly rules for conducting a trade war." Strauss does...
...does not necessarily mean a gloomy disposition for all: a book before the hearth, an afternoon of tinkering in the basement or an extended visit to the local bar pleases some people as well as the brightest sun. And at least one study of test scores seemed to suggest that the occasion of a violent storm stimulated the intellectual performance of an entire class of students...
...potential reduction of these new faiths to products of a "profit-oriented culture" such as the psychological theories Cox discusses in the chapter entitled "The Pool of Narcissus: The Psychologizing of Meditation." Discussing the use of terms such as "investment" in people or psychic "dividends" he proceeds to suggest that...
Author Elizabeth Bowen was born in 1899 and died in 1973. The generous expanse of her life was even greater than the raw dates suggest. Her earliest years were spent in a social system that was virtually indistinguishable from feudalism. She was raised at Bowen's Court, the family home in County Cork, Ireland, on land that had been in Bowen possession since 1653. She spent her last years teaching in American colleges, living in rooms or rented apartments and listening to students worrying about the war in Viet Nam. At the end, her life had been touched directly...