Well, another Friday the 13th has passed, and millions of people are presumably breathing a big sigh of relief. According to Dr. Donald Dossey, the psychotherapist who gave the name “paraskevidekatriaphobia” to this superstition (a scary one for the orthologically-challenged), the figure may be as high as 21 million, some eight percent of Americans.* The
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The World Cup is upon us, and around the globe millions are transfixed. Whole countries in Europe, Africa and Latin America are shutting down for hours at a time to view the matches. And the outcome is no trivial matter, either. Victory is seen as a form of national redemption; defeat triggers collective depression and
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