Thalia suffers from insomnia. she tries everything, and she finally develops the habit of counting backward when she wants to sleep but cannot. thalia finds that she falls asleep much easier once she starts counting backward, so she continues to do so. theory suggests that she continues this habit because it results in homeostasis.

apart from being against desegregation, governor of georgia eugene talmadge opposed as well to the work progress administration, an ambitious program of the "new deal" created by president franklin d. roosevelt to overcome the great depression after world war i. talmadge disagreed with welfare spending, job training and organized labor. according to his ideas, he thought the government was spending too much money on this, and he wasn't willing to accept a wage higher than georgia's lower average wage. besides, talmadge strongly opposed to the "new deal" as he thought it had communist ideas.