Word: behavior
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Some of the most imaginative experiments bear a youthful stamp. Caltech students are growing radishes. West German students sent along five tests, ranging from studies of plant behavior to the activities of chemical catalysts. And from inner-city high school students in Camden, N.J., there is a colony of carpenter ants, presumably tightly sealed, whose weightless antics will be carefully filmed...
...arms buildup and "unconstructive involvement" in unstable areas of the world. He came close to accusing the Soviets of testing new intercontinental ballistic missiles in violation of the unratified SALT II agreement, and excoriated them for human rights "infractions." In the past decade, he said, "the changes in Soviet behavior have been for the worse...
...twinkling eye. Since we throw so many stones into television's glass house (Reagan dubbed ABC's Sam Donaldson "the Ayatullah of the White House press corps"), it should be mentioned that most political analysts believe the electronic medium has brought a higher level of behavior among the contenders for the White House. Lamentably, the entertainment level has declined...
...with apologies to Socrates, even know itself. The pith of his bad news goes something like this: scientific observation explains the world wonderfully but cannot explain the nature of the self without dispiriting results. The reason is that science reduces the mysterious entity to chemical interactions and sets of behavior. This does little for the craving that myth and religion once satisfied. The result is that with the shortening of these old perspectives, the self has become a restless ghost trapped in its own mechanical creation...
...confusion." When conducting an office affair, Mazzei recommends discretion and closed doors. He suggests that anyone who walks in on two co-workers should beat a hasty retreat and pretend that he saw nothing. Mazzei warns that sex on business trips is particularly hazardous. "Some nighttime behavior at conventions can take on the look of a cheap bedroom farce." But if someone cannot restrain himself or herself, Mazzei advises bringing along a companion. Or, barring that, perhaps a good book...