Word: behavior
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...like to think that I have a truly fascinating job; I monitor the aggregate online behavior of over 10 million Internet users everyday. I can see collectively what web sites people visit and what search terms they use; through Google, Yahoo! Search and other search engines, I have a view into our collective thoughts. You won't be shocked to hear that, come January, we're thinking thin...
...country needs to subscribe to American democratic principles to be civilized. It is reminiscent of 19th century Europeans who equated civilization with Christianity. Not all Christians are nice people, and not all democracies are nice places to live. In fact, some of them may even show unusually aggressive behavior toward others - in the name of democracy, of course, just as was done in the name of Christianity in the past. Avelino Sousa-Poza Phalaborwa, South Africa...
Borra emphasizes that the concept of a liquid-mirror telescope is not new; he thinks the idea may have occurred to Isaac Newton, who knew about the behavior of spinning fluids and built one of the first reflecting telescopes. Borra knows that Robert Wood of Johns Hopkins University built a primitive model in 1908. "I am not the inventor," says Borra. "But I am the first to make it work and the first to know what to do with...
...teenager who has been in sex-education courses at school since the third grade. Most of the young people I know have developed liberal ideas about sex, even though the school programs have, if anything, discouraged promiscuous sex and so-called immoral sexual behavior. Our attitudes about sex do not come from teachers; they come from society and our peers. We are influenced by the media's portrayal of sex as being glamorous and by the opinions of other teenagers. The best thing teachers can do is give us the biological facts, teach us about sexually transmitted diseases, then stand...
Perot instilled a version of military-influenced behavior at his Dallas EDS headquarters that prevails to this day. Says a Wall Street analyst: "Perot used to run the company like it was his own private militia." But Perot also fostered a spirit of no-frills egalitarianism that inspired high standards and fierce loyalty from his workers. Executive parking spaces and other perks were banned; Perot and the managers ate in the EDS cafeteria. Perot has described the EDS operation as a place where "people are treated as full partners." But he has also said, "I'm used to being able...