In 1905, there was an attempt to ban windscreen wipers because it was feared they would hypnotise drivers.

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His life is slowly transformed into a duel with the illusions emanating from the set, whose superficial images seem to hypnotise him, even to imprison him in a virtual reality.

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"Abusive men hypnotise, " she says.

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