Word: behavior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...begin with, the clubs encouraged obnoxious behavior. During cocktails, a club member suggested that I meet as many members as possible. Semicircles of candidates soon formed around each wearer of an official Club tie. Too much laughter followed stupid jokes. Too much respect greeted inane comments. Too much brown nosing...
Some Club members were obsessed with "manly" behavior. They cajoled candidates into guzzling "Owl Juice," which tasted like a martini, from an ornate pitcher. When I told a Club member that I might miss an event to keep a date with my long-distance girlfriend, he warned that the Club would frown upon an "unmanly excuse." Later I listened to two members brag about their liasons with various women...
Only one serious criticism of Healy's performance has been raised publicly--council members and community leaders said Healy had not worked seriously to institute the controversial Civilian Review Board (CRB) which was created to oversee police action and to review complaints of improper police behavior...
Clearly, Monson grossly neglected her own health. And clearly, her behavior can not have been good for the fetus she was carrying. The issue, however, is what the government can or should do about...
...view the Russians no longer as cardboard-cutout Communists but as human beings in a multidimensional society, with a history that goes back beyond the 1917 Revolution. He has learned to appreciate why the Russian people, as opposed to their Soviet rulers, are so sensitive to charges of sociopathic behavior, why their concept of homeland is so important to them and the cause of so much xenophobia...