Selye
Americannoun
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In his 1936 personal-development opus “How to Win Friends and Influence People,” Dale Carnegie quoted the Vienna-born scientist Hans Selye: “As much as we thirst for approval, we dread condemnation.”
From New York Times ● Apr. 4, 2017
Everything comes around; Dr Hans Selye looked into this many years ago.
From New York Times ● Aug. 6, 2016
It could also explain the notion of “eustress,” invented by endocrinologist Hans Selye to refer to a combination of euphoria and stress, such as that resulting from watching tense sporting events.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 16, 2014
The experts reporting on stress include Dr. Selye himself, specialists in rheumatic diseases, heart diseases and psychiatry, and the Rt.
From Time Magazine Archive
Montreal's imaginative and original Dr. Hans Selye told a meeting of scientists in Lancaster, Pa. of preliminary evidence that STH increases resistance to bacterial invaders.
From Time Magazine Archive
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