Word: basics
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Sociologists Simon and Gagnon have stretched behaviorism to its absurd limits with the assertion that sexuality in man is a learned behavior pattern. It is a sad comment on the limiting influences of specialization in any field when a sociologist tries to refute such a basic biological tenet as evolution and natural selection. For behavior patterns and their modification possibilities through learning are fixed in the genes of species, consequently modified but not eradicated in individual development. Just as ethologists are beginning to find that man has more instinct-caused behavior than we thought, Simon and Gagnon rush...
...designed to meet urban problems. Mass may be said any hour, day or night. New church buildings are to be simple in design and modest in appointments. Priests may replace the traditional vestments during services with other dress appropriate "to the worshiping community." It was laid down as a basic principle of church government that "all members of the parish community are to share in decision making," specifically in such areas as liturgy, education and finances...
Dylan's new album, Nashville Skyline, which was also recorded by Columbia in the country music capital, extends and culminates his return to basic pleasures. It has an unpretentious charm unmatched by any of the eight albums he has recorded since 1961. Most of the songs are about the delight of secular love, and the swirl of his social satire has given way to an earthy, sometimes self-deprecating humor. The genial, syncopated Peggy Day, enhanced by the long, lazy melodic arch of an electric guitar, begins...
...shakedown period convinced Editor Clay Felker that his best hope for attracting the educated, high-income reader lay in appealing to the city dweller's basic self-interest. The "how to" article became a staple, from "Taking Advantage of Tax Shelters" to "How to Eat Cheaply at High-Priced Restaurants." Says Felker: "We as journalists looked too long and too lovingly at the hippies, yippies, protesters and rock groups. They are no longer, to use the clichéé, relevant. What is relevant is that you can go broke on $80,000 a year, that...
...best, debatable. And like most men with a pet theory, Feuer seems compelled to hand in evidence in his own favor. But his book makes fascinating reading as a partial compilation of the games a great many young people play. With allowances for Feuer's bias, the basic game of Getting Back at Father goes like this...