Word: behavior
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Tuesday, October 14 NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SPECIAL (CBS, 7:30-8:30 p.m.). Heinz Seilmann, the noted wildlife photographer and naturalist, patiently filmed unusual scenes depicting "The Mystery of Animal Behavior" in Aus tralia, Alaska, Africa, Germany. Nesting birds, pregnant fish and socially interacting sea otters behave for the camera...
...amused though puzzled by your review of Eugene Marais' The Soul of the Ape [Sept. 26]. I am aware of no more highly informed reporting of the new evolutionary interpretations of human behavior than the articles appearing in your BEHAVIOR section. Yet in the back of the magazine, one finds a reviewer deploring it all, suggesting that Marais speculates too much about the animal origins of the human unconscious (when that is what the book is about), and finally stating that Marais "came to grief over the noninheritance of acquired characteristics," a concept that never enters the work...
...popular verdict is difficult to discern and could still be considerably altered if Kennedy, at an inquest or in some other forum, can provide a more complete explanation of his behavior on Chappaquiddick. Kennedy is privately convinced that he will eventually be able to persuade millions of Americans of his innocence. But he is certain that an equal number will never believe...
Grounds for Appeal. Some legal experts believe that Judge Hoffman's behavior has already paved the way for a successful appeal, should the eight be convicted of conspiring to foment riots at the convention. The defense argues that, among other things, the judge failed to question prospective jurors thoroughly to ensure a semblance of impartiality regarding the highly publicized convention disturbances. The jurors-ten women and two men-are mostly middle Americans of middle...
...Resentment is succeeded in turn by bargaining-a campaign, often undetectable, to somehow stay execution of sentence. A difficult patient may abruptly turn cooperative; the reward he seeks for good behavior is an extension of life. The author cites the poignant case of an opera singer, her face consumed by a fatal malignancy, who begged for a chance to sing one last time; thus, death would have to wait...