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paranoia
paranoia , in psychology, a term denoting persistent, unalterable, systematized, logically reasoned delusions , or false beliefs, usually of persecution or grandeur. In the former case the paranoiac creates a complex delusional system that purports to show that people want to hurt him; in the latte...
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Richard Hofstadter
Richard Hofstadter , 1916-70, American historian, b. Buffalo, N.Y. He received his Ph.D. from Columbia in 1942 and began teaching there in 1946, becoming full professor in 1952 and De Witt Clinton professor of American history in 1959. One of the most brilliant of 20th-century American historians, h...
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John Forbes Nash, Jr.
John Forbes Nash, Jr. 1928-, American mathematician, b. Bluefield, W.Va., grad. Carnegie Institute of Technology (now Carnegie-Mellon Univ., B.A. and M.A. 1948), Ph.D. Princeton 1950. During a five-year period, beginning with his doctoral thesis in 1949, he established the mathematical principles o...
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Michael Joseph Jackson
Michael Joseph Jackson 1958-, American performer, b. Gary, Ind. Jackson is known as a superb dancer and pop singer, often conveying an androgynous image and an ambiguous sexuality, but offstage he has become known for various alleged eccentricities, for his sharp business acumen, and for a physical...
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hallucinogenic drug
hallucinogenic drug , any of a group of substances that alter consciousness; also called psychotomimetic (i.e., mimicking psychosis ), mind-expanding, or psychedelic drug. The group includes mescaline, or peyote , which comes from the cactus Lophophora williamsii ; psilocin and psilocybin, from t...
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schizophrenia
schizophrenia , group of severe mental disorders characterized by reality distortions resulting in unusual thought patterns and behaviors. Because there is often little or no logical relationship between the thoughts and feelings of a person with schizophrenia, the disorder has often been called "...
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cloning
cloning is the generation of genetically identical organisms: each group of such organisms is a clone. Ever since Aldous Huxley's Brave New World, cloning and clones have been the subject both of science fiction and of serious public concern over their possible biotechnological applications. Befor...
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Henry VIII
Henry VIII 1491-1547, king of England (1509-47), second son and successor of Henry VII .
Early Life
In his youth he was educated in the new learning of the Renaissance and developed great skill in music and sports. He was created prince of Wales in 1503, following the death of his elder ...
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