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
Dr. Selye could not tell: all he knew was that he has never had a heart attack.
From Time Magazine Archive
This was what Dr. Selye had found in his rats in 1936, shown by enlarged and overactive adrenals, wasted thymus and bleeding ulcers.
From Time Magazine Archive
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