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
Selye has coined the forbidding name "general adaptation syndrome" for what happens when the system is subjected to overall stress.
From Time Magazine Archive
But sometimes, Selye says, it gets out of kilter.
From Time Magazine Archive
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