Word: behaviorism
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Norway. Blaming British broadcasts for "increasing instances of impudence and provocative behavior to uniformed and civilian Germans," Nazi Police Chief Lieut. General Wilhelm Redeiss confessed that "one cannot overlook the fact that they are gaining supporters for their anti-German plans...
...these non-sexual castes has long been debated by entomologists. Some claim they are born of different sorts of eggs. Others claim that all ants are equal when they hatch into the larval state and only during their further development acquire caste with its distinctive form, physiology and behavior. But, if so, how? Here, too, the scientists propose confusing answers...
...slightly fewer than 8,000 Americans living in South American countries. [The U.S. State Department lists 17,787 Americans living in South America.-ED.] In my travels I have met many of them and can assure those at home that most of them are quite normal types whose behavior is far higher than the low rating accorded by Mr. Mallison. I really claim at least parity with the English on this score and am unwilling to grant citizens of the Axis countries the superiority indicated in his (Mallison's) letter-after all, aren't we all human, regardless...
...Mallison claims that the behavior of American and English people "in the shops, hotels, restaurants, nightclubs, etc." is very much inferior to that of the Nazis and Fascists, but that leads me to think that Mr. Mallison must be frequenting "Un Monde Special" and that his criticism is therefore somewhat biased...
Last week's fight between Bummy and Thumby was a return engagement to settle that unfinished business. Soldier Boy Davis, reinstated by the New York State Athletic Commission (for good behavior at Texas' Camp Hulen) and given a six-weeks furlough from the Army, entered the ring a reformed Bummy. The Army had tied up his tongue, taught him discipline and respect for others. But Army hikes and drills had also tied up his muscles...