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Dissociation in Hypnotic Responding: Trying Hard or Hardly Trying?--by Ken Bowers, University of Waterloo. Coffee and cookies at 3:45 p.m. William James Hall...
...battle of wills between Johnson and Ho Chi Minh. Johnson lost. Jimmy Carter found himself squared off against the Ayatullah Ruhollah Khomeini. Desert One, site of the failed attempt to rescue the U.S. hostages in 1980, was Carter's Bay of Pigs -- and, as it turned out, his Waterloo...
...concentrate on the drive into Southeast Asia, wanted to take away two or three of his six carriers. The First Air Fleet's own commander, Vice Admiral Chuichi Nagumo, supported that decision. "The success of our surprise attack on Pearl Harbor," Nagumo predicted dolefully, "will prove to be the Waterloo of the war to follow." Yamamoto sent an aide to inform the navy's high command that if his Pearl Harbor plan was rejected, "he will have no alternative but to resign, and with him his entire staff." Yamamoto...
...Specialized Bicycle Components, based in Morgan Hill, Calif., has grown into a $100 million enterprise and has helped spawn a frenzy of furiously inventive competitors. Trek, a struggling little 10-employee maker of bicycle frames back when the Stumpjumper appeared, is now a leading ATB manufacturer. Based in Waterloo, Wis., Trek expects to sell 500,000 cycles worth an estimated $200 million this year, 10 times its 1985 sales...
...tape seems to be a leading cause of the ethical backsliding: 60% of those polled agreed that "it would be impossible to make a living if farmers followed all the rules and regulations made in Washington." Environmental concerns also took a back seat to economic self-interest, says Claudia Waterloo, Farm Futures' editor in chief. "Only 70% of the farmers we surveyed said they'd notify authorities if pesticides spilled into a creek...