Word: behavior
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...there are passages of Johnson's behavior-his peculiar relations with the press, for example-that Mr. White cannot explain-and when it comes to Goldwater, the passages become chapters. When White shifts from the Democratic to the Republican campaign, he changes from insider to outsider. He examines Goldwater instead of trying, as he does with Nelson Rockefeller, to see through his eyes. "There is an almost irresistible temptation to tell the story of the debacle as comedy," he says of the Goldwater campaign, but he never tells us why this man who ran two brilliantly successful Senate campaigns...
...politicians lust after the acquisition of votes." He said he would try to help Negroes "by sounder means than undifferentiated infusions of politically deployed cash," and he scorned the idea of helping the Negro "by adjourning our standards as to what is and what is not the proper behavior for human beings...
...into the illegal market," predicted Sadusk. In fact, they have already done so in Europe. And several of these "can cause states of intoxication and physical dependence similar to those induced by barbiturates, and abrupt withdrawal of excess dosages of these drugs can result in convulsions and psychotic behavior, or indeed, death...
...diazepam (Valium). Excess use of any of these, said Essig, may cause drowsiness, difficulty in thinking, and incoordination of movement. The effects are similar to those of barbiturates and alcohol, and, like these, the newer drugs may contribute to traffic accidents, injuries from falls, interference with work and violent behavior...
...million dollars is as well off as if he were rich." In some ways it may be more difficult today; since many of Newport's most influential regulars are no longer rich themselves, they are apt to screen newcomers more on the basis of family or behavior rather than wealth. Recalling that Mrs. Stuyvesant Fish, one of the doyennes of Newport society in the good old days, once delighted her guests by filling her ballroom with live butterflies, a young Newport matron said wistfully, "If I did that, everybody would think they were moths...