Word: behaviorally
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...named Kristen, an employee of the Emperors Club VIP, an “international prostitution and money-laundering ring,” according to law enforcement authorities. Ironically, in 2004 Spitzer announced the arrest of 16 people operating a prostitution ring in Staten Island and condemned their behavior. Late yesterday afternoon, the Republican leader of the New York State Assembly gave Spitzer 48 hours to quit before he would start calling for impeachment proceedings, according to the Washington Post...
...that's why the tiger jumped. A tiger is really not likely to jump just because it's mad. They did something to make that tiger think they were prey. So they either got on the fence, or jumped over the fence, or did something with their behavior to make that tiger think "dinner," and all the switches go on - the rush of adrenaline in those animals is incredible...
...have kids, you'd be applying these techniques? Oh yeah! Yeah, yeah, yeah. Definitely. The biggest thing they showed me is how easily and unintentionally you can encourage behavior you don't want by giving it attention. I have friends who have basically trained their kids to whine by always responding to it. Or the classic is that kids don't get any attention when they're behaving nicely, and then the moment they're not, they get a ton of attention...
...Perhaps Francois Fillon and I have different definitions of the word “abnormal,” but I find it more abnormal that the President of the French Republic would call one of his constituents a stupid bastard. This incident represents a pattern of behavior wholly unfitting to the French presidency—a pattern of behavior that is costing Sarkozy credibility at home and potentially abroad...
...Fillon also excused Sarkozy’s behavior by saying that “he is a man” and praising the “transparency” of Sarkozy’s general sentiment. The fact that Sarkozy is indeed a man could potentially be a valid excuse if this manifestation of Sarkozy’s “manhood” were unique. But this is not an isolated incident—Sarkozy less than ten months in office have been rife with petty personal scandals that would be at home on the cover of People Magazine...