Word: behavior
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During crowd favorite “Penelope,” a fan climbed onto the stage, yelled something inaudible, and then dove into the crowd. Beyond simple propriety, this was inappropriate because the performance wasn’t the sort of thing that inspires aggressive behavior in any normal person. Nodding, smiling, swaying, but not stage diving. It’s a good thing they weren’t here—the Haircuts would not have approved...
...Public Agenda poll, 57% of parents acknowledge spanking their kids. Psychologists and other academics are similarly divided, with each camp accusing the other of twisting data to suit an agenda. Opponents say corporal punishment can lead to aggression, poor mental health, even sadomasochistic tendencies and criminal behavior. Sally Moon, 42, a stay-at-home mother in Portland, Maine, agrees. Even when her daughter Teagan, 2, bites, Moon puts her in time-out and reasons with her. Says Moon: "I strongly believe children shouldn't be hit for any reason...
...Howard, as he told the Menzies Research Centre last month, the FTB issue represents the great philosophical divide in Australian politics, between "a Labor party which thinks government should direct people's behavior and a Coalition which sees its role as letting families make up their own minds." That's strange, because Howard's policies have been quite prescriptive when it comes to certain families, such as those headed by sole parents...
...Price of Democracy? You say that Bangladesh has been growing at 5% per year, and that that's wonderful [April 10]. Really? Any undergraduate student of economics can tell you that increased income is no measure of well-being. The acceptance of criminal behavior?murder, rape and arson?that has come with the acceptance of a confrontational two-party system means that well-being is lower today than it was under autocracy. That's not surprising: democratization and violence tend to go together. Indeed, the connection between democracy and violence is an ancient one: Thucydides and Plato were the first...
...Friday, Cambridge District Court Judge George Sprague granted the defense's motion to issue a continuation without a finding for one year. That allows the case to end in a dismissal, contingent upon a year of good behavior, according to the Middlesex District Attorney’s spokeswoman, Melissa Sherman. The four students were also ordered to pay $150 in court costs and $50 in victim witness fees, Sherman wrote in an e-mail...