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On high alert. (One Last Observation).

Publication: Women's Quarterly
Publication Date: 01-JAN-02 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: On high alert. (One Last Observation).(Brief Article)

Article Excerpt
AFTER READING ABOUT those who survived the September 11 at tacks, I realized again the importance of my favorite safety tip: Listen to your instincts. In situations of life-threatening danger, our instincts are often in conflict with what we are being told, or what we are conditioned to expect.

The killer might say, "I promise not to harm you." Threat management specialist Gavin De Becker calls this "the unsolicited promise"; it is designed to lull potential victims into a false sense of security. In his best-selling book The Gift of Fear, De Becker outlines how we can marshal our fears to...

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