McDonnell's F-101 Voodoo series was in many ways the most interesting of the 'Century Series' fighter programmes of the 1950s, partly because the type's design and intended mission changed radically during a 40-year career. Originally designed as a fighter-bomber, it was converted to be a reconnaissance aircraft, serving alongside the U-2 and RF-8 Crusaders during the Cuban Missile Crisis and the Vietnam War. Although it gained a reputation as a difficult aircraft to handle, the jet's supersonic speed and newly-developed camera suite enabled it to conduct vital low-altitude photo-reconnaissance missions over heavily-defended target areas. In combat, the RF 101 was usually 'first in-last out' for strike missions. This made it a ready target, with a solo aircraft flying straight and level to gather target photo evidence at low-altitude offering enemy gunners plenty of opportunity to shoot the Voodoo down. This study tells the combat stories of this extraordinary aircraft, highlighting the difficulty of the missions on which it was sent and the courage of its pilots.

TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. a good therapist is a good telephone operator 2. the first interview: the most crucial one 3. understanding the honeymoon phase of treatment and becoming a competent honeymooner 4. the first treatment crisis: when threats to quit treatment are common 5. mishandling of situational crises and the patient's readiness to quit treatment 6. how subtle resistances of the patient are reinforced by the therapist: a major factor in patient dropout 7. further thoughts on countertransference reactions: how they can influence the patient's wish to stop treatment 8. the finale: the dynamics of quitting treatment: conributions by therapist and patient.

Professor Tony Shane is attending a Las Vegas computer conference when he encounters a new university faculty colleague, the beautiful and mysterious Karen Sloan. Unfortunately a mesmerized Shane has no idea that she is about to draw him into the exotic world of high-stakes gambling and transform his life forever. Soon, gambling losses force Shane to submit to an international boss, Giacomo Corsi, who wants to utilize Shanes access to an ultra-secure government computer. As Shane is plunged into the midst of a chilling plot that threatens to throw the country into a chaotic death spiral, he must call upon his old connectionsan off-and-on lover, a tough CIA deputy director, and a mob bossto help him fight off controlling gambling czars and secretly expose a mysterious madmans diabolical scheme. But as a frantic race begins to avert a catastrophic attack, Shane suddenly becomes aware that nothing is what it seems and that Karen is hiding a very dark secret. In this compelling crime thriller, a professor suddenly finds himself drawn into a deadly trap amid the high-stakes world of gambling where he must attempt to stop a horrific plot from unfolding across America.

A horrible terrorist strike…referred to as Operation Deadly Rainby the al-Qa’eda …is about to be launched against the United States during the holiday season, with perhaps hundreds of thousands of lives at stake. An artificial intelligence program is nearly completed that might predict in advance when, where, and how this attack might occur. When the CIA receives fragmentary warnings of the upcoming attack, the university researchers secretly developing this program…called “StarSight”…are abruptly plucked from their comfortable academic posts and thrust into the frontline of the war on terrorism. The stage is set for savage conflict: Professor Tony Shane, his beautiful research associate, Sarah, and a handful of university co-workers are condemned by their academic colleagues for conducting a secret project for the CIA. At the same time, they are exposed to deadly attempts by terrorist agents to sabotage their work. Unknown to the CIA and Senator Moorhouse, who is coordinating the StarSight project, the person responsible for Deadly Rain…and ruthlessly attempting to terminate StarSight … is himself a wealthy and respected American citizen and close friend of the Senator and his wife. With political intrigue permeating university and government circles alike, this adventure takes the reader from the comfort of the “halls of ivy” to the exotic settings of San Francisco, Zurich, Washington, and the Italian Riviera. Despite the personal trials of the researchers, politicians, and terrorists that unfold during this pre-holiday period, the purposeful efforts of the StarSight team to prevent the terrorist attack build to a heart-stopping climax.