Word: behavior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Emeritus of Psychology B.F. Skinner looms large in the philosophy of the plaintiff's case. For they argue, in effect, that the individual is no more than a product of his environment. The cigarette is a strong--albeit pernicious--reinforcer that the tobacco companies have made contingent on the behavior of cigarette-buying. Conveniently, this behavior increases the profits of the tobacco companies. But it also kills people...
Just like in the old movies, there is a budding love affair between two of the central characters, and it blossoms into a beautiful relationship under the pressure of Godzilla's wrath. There are fantastic coincidences which allow the two to meet, and Godzilla's naughty behavior in downtown Toyko literally throws the two into each others' arms...
Tribe said the landlords are equating municipal regulation with private anti-competitive behavior. "The economic powers of the state such as rent control are sharply distinguished from state authorization of cartels" and are not "combinations in restraint of trade," he said...
Some students also question the Ad Board handing of the Granholme case, questioning the fairness of bringing charges against a student who reveals illicit behavior while defending another...
...EXPLAIN the behavior of the network officials? If television programming were uniformly G-rated, puritanical values might be the best explanation for their behavior. Obviously, though, "Dallas" and "Dynasty," to name but two network creations, are not G-rated. A more plausible explanation is that network officials adhere to a self-serving double standard: they'll put sex on television when it pays, but when it doesn't they turn puritanical...