Word: behaviorism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...seen West "frequently" during the last week of his attendance at the University, Miss Law asserted, and she gave assurance that "his behavior was always normal." The first indication she had of his disappearance, she said, was when he failed to call her the day he dropped from sight, as he had promised to do the previous evening...
...justifying Hiroshima. . . . There needs to be a consistency between the law of the judges and the conduct of the powers [behind the judge?]. There exists a disparity which the world must notice. . . . The Nűrnberg judgment will look well or ill in history according to the future behavior of the four nations responsible for it. . . . If they behave as nations have invariably behaved till now, it will seem no more than the quirk of an oddly assorted bunch of victors...
Title of the pamphlet: "Individual and Mass Behavior in Extreme Situations...
...innocence abroad, even about the unpredictable political behavior of Americans, is possibly less than is supposed by some innocents at home. What perhaps shocked Europeans as much as the immediate political implications of The Speech was the complete lack of grand style in the official conduct of the world's No. 1 power. For greatness of responsibility implies greatness in performance...
Thirty grass courts, already billiard-table smooth, were being given a last expert roll. Out came the gaily striped awnings and umbrellas; up went the refreshment tent (favorite drinks: rum & Tom Collins). A fuzzy-cheeked crew of ball boys soaked up lectures on arm-folding and court behavior. All that was needed to bring in the crowd: the arrival of the 1946 crop of sun-browned, touring tennis stars...