Word: behaviorism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...uniforms. When he enters the mess his officers hop to attention and hold it until he nods them at ease. He dresses immaculately, but detests flashy uniforms, refers to service and decorations ribbons as "brag rags." But he wears his own on formal occasions, because that is proper military behavior...
Pimpernel plus Superman. In his bearing and behavior, small (125 lbs.), stooped Mosby resembled a cross between the Scarlet Pimpernel and Superman. Against the enemy his unvarying rule was to do what was least expected of him. When he rode, his cape "was turned back always in a flow of scarlet. A curling ostrich plume extended over his shoulder from a gray felt hat, and at each side hung a large Colt revolver, suspended in holsters well studded with brass." He was always kind to women & children...
Argentines, cuffed regularly by the U.S. State Department for their undemocratic behavior, read the news from Rio and smiled...
...Vermonters have had much to do with Negroes. In East Fairfield (pop. 475), only one child in the vacation Bible school had ever even seen one. But the Vermonters' native xenophobia was rapidly overcome by the little black visitors' good behavior and good nature. They lived and played with their hosts' children, were well behaved at table, did not suffer from shyness or homesickness, were soon calling their hosts "Uncle" and "Aunt," sometimes...
...chief gripes are about the way the university has insisted on their following its regular routine. They feel they have learned a lot in the war. They want now to equip themselves as quickly as possible to earn a living. Required courses in such subjects as "Hygiene and Health," "Behavior of Modern Society," and "Principles of Learning" seem to them either old stuff or a waste of time...