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Extraordinary knowing: Science, skepticism, and the inexplicable powers of the human mind
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American Journal of Clinical Hypnosis
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April 1, 2008
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- Krippner, Stanley
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Mayer, E.L. (2007). Extraordinary knowing: Science, skepticism, and the inexplicable powers of the human mind. New York: Bantam Books.
In 1991, the hand-carved harp of a young girl was stolen. Her mother, Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer, a psychoanalyst and university professor, was advised to consult a dowser. In desperation, Mayer phoned the president of the American Society of Dowsers who soon provided her with the name of an obscure street in Oakland, California, as well as a description of the house where the stolen harp had been hidden. Mayer located a house that fit the description and posted flyers up and down the block offering a reward for the harp's recovery. A few weeks later, the harp ...
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How'd I know that? Premonitions. Spot-on insights. Logic meets ESP in a...
O, The Oprah Magazine;
March 1, 2007 ;
Medwick, Cathleen;
324 words
......opening experience. In Extraordinary Knowing (Bantam), psychoanalyst Elizabeth Lloyd Mayer offers a revolutionary...without losing our minds. Mayer's own worldview changed...This changes everything, Mayer was stunned to realize...
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INTERVIEW: The Mayer of Grammy-ville
University Wire;
January 23, 2007 ;
Bari Lieberman;
787 words
......to the Grammys, singer-songwriter John Mayer is nominated for five awards at the upcoming...Vocal Performance and Song of the Year, Mayer hopes to walk away a winner again. However...release, "Continuum," the success of his John Mayer Trio album "Try!" and his upcoming tour...
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SQUARE DEAL: MAYER THRIVING ON HIS SINCERITY
The Boston Globe;
February 22, 2002 ;
Joan Anderman, Globe Staff;
787 words
......with the comparisons, because it's John Mayer's least favorite thing about his sudden...accessible hooks that color rainbows all over Mayer's major-label debut, "Room for Squares...brought it up, I'd go, `Dave who?' " says Mayer, on the phone from a tour stop in Farmville...
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For Cavaliers, None Better Than Mayer
The Washington Post;
March 15, 1987 ;
Steve Berkowitz;
650 words
...Nancy Mayer will graduate from the University of Virginia...because of a career-threatening knee injury, Mayer has gone on to rank among Virginia's top...team co-captain the last three years. But Mayer almost assuredly would trade all of that...
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Mayer ices trip to Olympics Wellesley skater, partner aim for the gold
The Boston Globe;
January 19, 1992 ;
Marvin Pave, Globe Staff;
787 words
......least, unexpected. But Wellesley's Rachel Mayer will be leaving for Albertville, France...sequences -- was remarkable in itself. For Mayer, who graduated last year from the Rivers...her wondering if she would compete again. Mayer and Breen began skating together in 1987...
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Thoroughly Upbeat Mayer
The New York Jewish Week;
August 13, 2004 ;
Anonymous;
691 words
......after opening night, and somehow, Michael Mayer is chipper. His production of Arthur Miller...nolo contendere or a stomach virus. But Mayer is there -- or at least at the other end...to "Side Man." Or so people tell him. Mayer hasn't read a review in 10 years. Back...
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Mayer's chops prove he's far from just a tabloid pretty-boy.
Buffalo News (Buffalo, NY);
April 22, 2007 ;
556 words
......three-quarters full Saturday evening as John Mayer and his stellar band celebrated the...It didn't seem to matter, either to Mayer and his musicians, or to the enthusiastic crowd that did show up. For them, Mayer gave his all, and dug deep into the...
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Spare Mayer concert lacks zest
Chicago Sun-Times;
November 18, 2002 ;
Anne Smith Lindall;
514 words
...john mayer at the uic pavilion You really have to hand it to John Mayer. The guy has become a bona fide rock star--one capable...fresh-scrubbed mug and a couple of roots-pop tunes turned hits. Mayer is the latest smash success for Chicago's Aware Records...
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Young songwriter John Mayer delivers powerful lyrics
University Wire;
October 10, 2001 ;
Crystal K. Wiebe;
397 words
......Nebraskan) (U-WIRE) LINCOLN, Neb. -- John Mayer is just riding things out. In the midst...song-writing as he is in conversation, Mayer is careful not to take his major label...eye of a success storm a year from now, Mayer understands the advantages of a normal...
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John Mayer's latest efforts enhance his reputation as a singer- songwriter
Tribune-Review/Pittsburgh Tribune-Review;
August 24, 2006 ;
Alan Sculley;
735 words
...John Mayer says he doesn't necessarily want to forego...just trying to get to something else," says Mayer, performing tonight at the Post- Gazette...been doing, it didn't interest me anymore." Mayer actually had dropped a strong hint last year...
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Mayer offers changes to animal ordinance
Albuquerque Journal;
June 30, 2006 ;
Erik Siemers ESIEMERS@ABQTRIB.COM / 823-3674;
596 words
...City Councilor Sally Mayer is proposing tweaks to an animal bill...and the ordinance. But nobody, neither Mayer nor the petition gatherers, say the changes...controversy. The City Council on May 22 passed Mayer's Humane and Ethical Animal Rules and...
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JOHN MAYER FINDS SUCCESS IN THE SLOW LANE
Dayton Daily News;
July 28, 2002 ;
Monifa Thomas Dayton Daily News;
528 words
......suggests, alternative pop-rocker John Mayer has no problem with taking things slow...giant Stevie Ray Vaughan. Two years later, Mayer was performing Jimi Hendrix covers in gin...with his sophisticated guitar playing. But Mayer wanted to perfect the art of writing his...
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Councilor Pulls Double Duty at Kmart ; Mayer Works Aisles During Holidays
Albuquerque Journal;
December 26, 2007 ;
DAN MCKAY Journal Staff Writer;
479 words
...Sally Mayer spends her Monday nights questioning city...Kmart," she says. "Would you like a basket?" Mayer, a former real estate agent and hotel manager...is 7 a.m. to 2 p.m. "The time flies by," Mayer said in a recent interview. She said she...
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Mayer acts his age - and then some
Capital (Annapolis);
September 15, 2006 ;
Jim Farber McClatchy-Tribune;
729 words
...John Mayer is talking about his generation. In "Waiting...provocative first single off his new album, Mayer paints a picture of twentysomethings as misunderstood...exactly a stinging rebuke to those who view Mayer's generation as politically impotent. But...
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Part of Oscar Mayer family; Former board chairman also helped bring the...
Chicago Sun-Times;
April 23, 2007 ;
Chris Fusco;
454 words
...HAROLD MAYER: 1917-2007 Harold Max Mayer -- former board chairman of his family's Oscar Mayer & Co. food business and one of the original owners of the Chicago Bulls -- died last week at his home in Indian Wells, Calif. He was 90. "He was very outgoing...
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