Word: behavior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...behavior and growth of numerous insects and their larvae were considerably disturbed when treated with caffiene and related compounds, Nathanson reported...
...concentrated doses, the substance killed insects within hours or a few days, the report said, and it distorted behavior, depressed food consumption and inhibited reproduction in tobacco hornworms, milkweed bugs, butterfly larvae, and mosquito larvae...
WHEN SIGMUND FREUD initially began inquiring into the nature of the human psyche, contemporaries passed him off as a sexual crackpot. And while many psychologists today are still wary of reducing all behavior to id, ego and superego, most professionals in the field concede that repressed behavior is fundamental to a well-functioning society...
Brian Mulroney will become what Pierre Trudeau so desperately wanted to be, a world-class statesman. Whereas Trudeau will be remembered for his aloofness, his coarse behavior and his plundering of the public purse, Mulroney will most likely make his mark by restoring social and economic balance to Canada...
...recent report on health promotion and disease prevention, for example, the U.S. Surgeon General called for a commitment to changing unhealthy lifestyles to extend one's life. The report estimates that, "perhaps as much as half of U.S. mortality in 1976 was due to unhealthy behavior in lifestyle...