My favourite was the experiment in which three groups of people were told variously that they were reading: 1) a personality description generally true of most people; 2) the horoscope for their sun sign; 3) a personal horoscope drawn up just for them by an astrologer based on their birth date, time and place.
So I've been told, variously, that I'm a migraineur, a hypochondriac, a schizophrenic.
In the recordings, the inmates tell variously of jail-like conditions, of fights breaking out, and say their medical complaints are not taken seriously by staff.
He told acquaintances variously that he was a Harvard professor, a C.I.A. agent, a chemist, a lawyer and a foreign affairs adviser to Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Jimmy Carter.
Asked several times if culling occurs in American zoos, Rob Vernon, a spokesman for AZA, told me, variously, "No," "Yes," and "That's a good question".
He said that Mr. Chappell, a native of nearby Chelsea, told him variously that he hailed from Texas and rooted for the Washington Redskins and that he wanted "a lawyer from U.C.L.A. with a 3.5 grade-point average".
Their leaders say the police agree that they collected samples at the scene but that they have told them variously that all of the fingerprints, blood and hair belonged to the two dead women, and that any other DNA was lost or spoiled before it could be tested.
He told Kotz, variously, that he had "no recollection of any specifics"; "I don't remember seeing it, but I might have"; "I don't recall have any recollection of this"; and "I don't happen to independently recall this.
Rejection letters from publishers in the 50s tell her, variously: "You write well and are obviously very erudite.
We also experience his ego in the visible and audible form of a large talking Birdman character that haunts Riggan, telling him variously that he is all washed up or that he is better than others and a superhero.
The stories are variously told in the first, second and third persons.
