Word: behavior
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...reasons I wrote the Vietnam memoir A Rumor of War was to show how that kind of war can bring out a psychopathic streak in men of otherwise normal behavior and impulses. When a soldier is fighting guerrillas, he can often feel like a helpless victim. I imagine that must be especially true in Iraq with these roadside bombs. After a while, that's got to bring out a killer instinct in even the best troops. And soldiers in combat get very close to one another. That's one of the saving graces of battle, but it can work against...
...Anything is possible. But US officials believe Russia and China have been driven to a tipping point by Iran?s outrageous behavior. "The fundamental turning point was when Iran took the seals off the [enrichment] plant at the end of January," says a US official. "There was a sense in the room that we have to take concrete action to make it clear to the Iranians that there are two paths...
...Since TIME's story and the investigations that followed, residents say the Marines have become more restrained in their behavior. ?Before, when they heard a gunshot, they would start firing in all directions,? says Raseef. ?Now, they rarely fire...
...whole patient and not merely the symptoms will produce the best results. A good rehabilitation program is a structured one that provides therapeutic stimulation to a nervous system that has failed to mature properly. Treatment should also offer advice on diet, nutrition and lifestyle issues, including sleep and behavior...
Enron joins WorldCom, Adelphia and Tyco among the big companies busted by President Bush's Corporate Fraud Task Force, which has won 1,063 convictions, including guilty verdicts against 36 chief financial officers and 167 corporate CEOs and presidents. "Behavior has clearly changed since the Enron crisis," says Roman Weil, a professor of accounting at the University of Chicago. Part of that is a result of the Sarbanes-Oxley bill, which holds bosses criminally responsible if their company's accounting is faulty. So CEOs are paying closer attention to financial statements--and passing that responsibility down the line. "The criminalization...