Word: pleasant
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Conn's technique is conventional: he gets the patient to look at a spot on the wall and concentrate upon a pleasant scene of his own choosing. As his hypnotic state deepens under the doctor's suggestions, pain subsides-provided he is not one of those patients who have a neurotic need for pain-and this relief may last several hours or longer. Eventually, the patient can be taught to hypnotize himself whenever pain becomes unusually severe. The method relieves anxiety as well as pain, and has enabled several Johns Hopkins patients to get along with reduced doses...
...Johnny Mercer) is a gorgeously decked-out period musical, moving from a plush New Orleans in the '80s to a palmy Saratoga Springs, N.Y. The handsome sets and costumes by Cecil Beaton are much the brightest part of the show. Despite some lively Ralph Beaumont dances, some pleasant Harold Arlen music and some neat touches in Morton Da Costa's direction, Saratoga has all the animation of a tableau and all the narrative interest of something written 50 times on a blackboard...
Take Me Along. Although this musical version of Eugene O'Neill's Ah, Wilderness! does not dazzle the senses, it leaves a generally pleasant, nostalgic aftertaste. With Jackie Gleason...
...final" offer (it can still make another), which was actually made fortnight ago (TIME, Nov. 30). Dave McDonald called it "a propaganda offer aimed at confusing the Steelworkers," and the union's official paper, Steel Labor, warned workers against bosses who go "out of their way for a pleasant 'Good morning, Joe,' " and "cheery letters from corporation presidents, no less...
Borchard has probably been coach Floyd Wilson's most pleasant surprise in a season already notable for surprises, both good and bad. The big forward has moved into varsity competition with the same aplomb he displayed as a freshman. Borchard is particularly effective from the foul line, where his marksmanship has helped him tally 53 points in the Crimson's first three games...