Word: behaviorism
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...which he has turned around the organization, the six months of good notices that he had received, not to mention the 18-month investment that the board made in the hiring process trying to find just the right person for the job, was less important than his distasteful personal behavior. There was another way to signal their disapproval than firing him and starting over. They could have sanctioned him. They could have signaled their public disapproval...There are a lot of CEOs out there who lose hundreds of millions of dollars of shareholder money, and they're not fired...
...figure out what gifts to give this holiday? If the searching behavior of 10 million Internet users is any indication, the item people most want is - surprise! - the iPod, which remains the undefeated champion of the holiday-product Web search. In fact, the top three holiday gift search terms this year are all perennials: "iPod" in the top spot, along with the video game console du jour - this season, the Nintendo "Wii" - and, for the third year in a row, "Ugg boots," a piece of Australian footwear some (okay, I) might consider the ultimate sheepskin fashion faux...
...sold some 200,000 soft, padded headbands to soccer players. A recent study in the British Journal of Sports Medicine found that the band reduced concussion risk among a group of Canadian adolescent soccer players. But some experts worry that the bands may spur more reckless on-field behavior. "I fear that kids will put these things on their heads and feel invincible," says Guskiewicz...
...facilities in LISE were a great convincing factor,” said Yacoby, known for his study of the behavior of electrons in two-dimensional spaces. “When I was considering my options, I examined places where I could set up the lab I’ve always wanted to set up, and that space was in the LISE building...
...Dhanpat Rai—a cashier at the pizzeria outside of which Pring-Wilson stabbed Colono—answered questions about Colono’s behavior around 3:30 a.m., just before the stabbing...