Word: behavior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...them on parole and probation; nearly half are taking Depo-Provera. Dr. Fred Berlin, a co-director of the program, emphasizes that Depo-Provera is only one part of the therapy. The drug temporarily controls the men's sexual appetite while intensive psychotherapy seeks to change their behavior patterns. Berlin claims that during the program's 3½ years of operation, only 15% of the offenders have committed new offenses, compared with a rate that Berlin says can be as high as 85% for sex offenders who are only imprisoned...
...politics, harass business, invade people's privacy, and then walk off without regard to the pain and chaos they leave behind. They are arrogant and self-righteous, brushing aside most criticism as the uninformed carping of cranks and ideologues. To top it off, they claim that their behavior is sanctioned, indeed sanctified, by the U.S. Constitution...
...special set of ethical questions concerns the elite of American reporters, the Washington press corps. Indeed, much of the journalistic behavior that the public says it finds objectionable is seen chiefly in telecasts from Washington: rudeness to high officials, prosecutorial shouting of questions at press conferences, overt attempts to trap an interview subject with trick questions, "instant analysis" of speeches that viewers have just seen for themselves. Another blow to the image of all journalists was struck in Washington last Friday when White House Spokesman Larry Speakes announced that he had trapped two reporters purloining internal White House memos...
...sovereign state without provocation. I am more stunned as I see my friends, who, caught up in the headiness of a military victory, have become apologists for our invasion. When the thrill of combat subsides, I hope this adventure will become the last instance of America's primitive behavior, as symbolized by General Custer and his slaughter of the Indians. In the future, I urge that we have respect for all life, Cuban as well as Grenadian as well as American...
There was some stiltedness (does Schlesinger actually pontificate so?) and show boating (TV Journalist Hodding Carter, who played a senior adviser, may be too well-trained), but such behavior is not unknown at NSC meetings. In all, The Crisis Game, with its snare-drum theme, was just hokey enough to entertain and good enough to edify...