Word: behavior
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...fiction, in the stricter sense, this number offers only two slight sketches by Mr. Emerson Low. In both of these the behavior of the characters is a little stagy and unnatural, and the author seems chiefly interested in drawing psychological contrasts. He makes his point more clearly in "The Divine Moment" than in "Walls of Stone...
...great cities have their "tough joints"; and there is always an audience that will flock in great numbers to such a production. The shame of this special case is that the "Cocoanut Grove" is patronized by those people who are supposed to be helping to set the standards of behavior and taste not only for New York, but for the whole country, and among these patrons are, inevitably, Harvard graduates and undergraduates. That such a place should be habituated by men and women who are wont to term themselves ladies and gentlemen points to many things--in particular, to that...
...suspicion that there were other causes responsible for the failing of the trees than beetles and bugs was recently substantiated. The net-work of the drain and hot-water pipes and other underground disturbances has greatly interfered with the action of the soil water and the behavior of the soil in general...
...that the judges have been deprived of effective control over counsel. It is an important function of a good judge to abbreviate testimony by excluding the irrelevant and to limit cross-examination and argument. To this end judges should be independent and well paid, appointed to serve during good behavior and efficiency, and entitled to a pension, after reasonably long service, or on disability. The judge should always be the principal person in the court-room. He is in England; often he is not in this country. The American practice of electing judges for short terms has seriously impaired...
...behavior of baseball teams on the field was much better last year than before. There was much less of the so called "yapping" by the players, and a little publicity should almost eliminate what remains of this annoying custom. The worst evil connected with the game, from a sportsman's standpoint, is its direction by coaches on the bench, which makes it seem a game between two individuals rather than one between two teams. Some agreement should be reached between colleges providing for the removal of everyone but the players from the benches, and for the complete direction...