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Released from prison at World War II's outbreak, he was captured by the Germans in June 1940, was at once repatriated. Then he became active in Pétain's Legion of War Veterans, organized a special shock corps called SOL (Service d'Ordre de la Légion...
Pierre Laval sensed that brutal, stocky Joseph Darnand was seeking notoriety and power, thought he could use such a man. Laval sent Darnand to Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler, who received him magnificently. Since then, Darnand has nurtured his shock troopers, recently showed off their skill in thuggery to a group of Nazi experts visiting Vichy...
...interviews usually start a patient toward recovery. If they do not help, some kind of shock treatment is used; but patients requiring shock are unlikely to recover completely. Then begins a longer period, probably months, of making the patient independent of the psychiatrist. Best way to do this is by occupational therapy-not basketry, but useful jobs around the hospital...
...that possibly an oversupply of cortin (hormone secreted by the adrenal gland's outer husk) may be to blame for human arthritis. The adrenal glands, he says, may be stimulated by glandular imbalance (e.g., women at the menopause are very likely to get arthritis), exposure to cold, emotional shock, infections...
...future, especially dividend-wise. The Department of Commerce reported that dividends paid in December brought the year's total to $3,541,400,000, up only $12,600,000 over the preceding year. A large chunk of the rest of profits went into reserves to cushion the shock of reconversion...