Word: suggestibility
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...paths, that is, except the circular one of giving in to domination. This is a route well traveled by the prostitute, and Lynee Gore's portrayal manages to suggest the personal degradation that accompanies her submission to money. And when the characters do not give in to the Yankee dollar, other forms of domination are there to demoralize them--some rich group or figure to control these tenants' lives. The petty bourgeois landlord, played by James Young, is always present, always ready to evict those who hate him. So the question, for these tenants ultimately becomes one of self-respect...
...Harvard Crimson is pleased to bring, as a public service, the Seven Warning Signs of Pinball to the Harvard community. We suggest you examine your fingers once a month for symptoms that could indicate you are addicted to pinball. If you answer "yes" to four or more of the above questions, and find yourself resembling the people in the above pictures, we advise you to look at yourself carefully in a mirror. Is this what you are paying $7000 a year for? Do you want your children to grow up knowing the horror of having a pinball addict...
...damn lie to suggest that there isn't enough competition in the oil business," charged Union Oil Chairman and President Fred Hartley in response to Carter's claim that there was not. While praising the thrust of Carter's energy alarm, General Motors Chairman Thomas Murphy protested that some of the President's Washington-oriented advisers, far more than Carter, "are influenced by their own life-styles and they don't understand the dimension of the American public." A less biased criticism of Carter's plan was that its measures were far milder than those suggested by the apocalyptic terms...
South Africa's 4.3 million whites (out of a total population of 25 million) are not in a state of panic. But as these newspaper advertisements suggest, there are signs of growing unease. Throughout the country, more than 150,000 new firearms licenses were issued last year, bringing the total to a remarkable 1.25 million. In the northern reaches of the country, near the Rhodesian border, white farmers are also equipping themselves with walkie-talkie radios. To the east, along the Mozambican frontier, others are clearing the bush and attempting to guard against terrorist infiltration...
...this week the Task Force on the Composition of the Student Body reported that it found no need "to suggest sweeping criticism" of present admissions procedures, which have successfully attracted students who are both academically excellent and personally diverse...