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...those not won over by mere anecdote. Molloy offers Facts and Statistics. Even the most vague and subjective qualities are magically quantified. "You must remember that at least '70 percent of our nonverbal message-sending is done with our facial muscle." On "our testing indicates that less than 20 percent of the male and 30 percent of the female population create a positive impression." How, precisely, does one measure quantitatively what portion of nonverbal communications come from a particular body part of any thing so vague as "positive impression." You shouldn...
...Carpenter Center this weekend, Center Screen presents the truly remarkable film, Workers '80. Chronicling the crucial negotiations in Gdansk in August 1980, this documentary makes fascinating use of facial expressions counterpoised with the tense bargaining sessions. Watch Lech Walesa outmaneuver slick party bureaucrats. Any brief exploration of the themes does not do justice to the movement or the movie. Just...
...obvious manipulation; filmed interviews with the parents of eight-month-old dead babies, singers so crippled they need straps to stay in their wheelchairs, Chad Everett weeping. A man with no upper-body movement who says he only wants to hug another human again; a man with frozen facial muscles who says he wants only to smile. Jerry Lewis, talking about how long he's spent in this crusade, and then stage-whispering, "I got to get a dollar more than last year...I would like this telethon not to happen, but until this scourge is eradicated, it will...
...Studies have shown that 30% to 45% of infants born to women who drink upwards of 3 oz. of pure alcohol daily (the equivalent of six or more cocktails) have a set of defects known collectively as fetal alcohol syndrome. Its ravages include mental retardation, growth deficiencies and distinctive facial features. Similar problems occur in about 10% of the babies born to women who consume 1 to 2 oz. of alcohol...
...endangered sperm whale was used for years in everything from facial cream to transmission fluid. In 1973 interstate sale of the oil was banned in the U.S., but substitutes, including certain fish and vegetable oils, have also been hard to come...