Word: trauma
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...therefore, to "exorcise" the trauma which that occasion had produced in me that the Chairman, on the day of his retirement, graciously performed a re-run of that scene 19 years ago. Such is the greatness of the Chairman's heart and his concern for even the least of his followers...
...NORML, cites a more general sentiment among Bay State residents when he says: "People are coming to the conclusion that not just sleezy people smoke grass these days. Even in very conservative districts, they are coming to the conclusion that they don't want their kids going through the trauma of a court appearance and having something on their records over a lousy joint...
...been inspired to write a book about it called The Only Thing I've Done Wrong. It didn't happen to me, but it may have happened to John Jay Osborne Jr. '67. Whether it did or not, Osborne wrote a novel based on that scenario of love and trauma and he called it, well, you can guess...
...superb practice punter, but when it came to games he always shanked his kick. He choked under the pressure of charging linemen anxious to tear his head off. In his sessions with the football player, Sampson would run through each detail of a typical snap and kick, recreating the trauma that the punter would experience during a game. With the aid of Sampson's suggestions under hypnosis, the punter began to visualize a perfectly kicked ball sailing yard after yard, regardless of gowling rushers. Thereafter, the football player could psyche himself into a similar depth of concentration in actual playing...
...only for a moment. Phoenix that he is, T.R. rises from the trauma to deliver a stirring affirmation of life, and for all his faults manages to leave the audience, as he left the world, a little richer...