Word: behaviorisms
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History shows that genetic misinformation can be severely damaging. Take, for example, the supposed link between the XYY chromosome pattern and criminal behavior. In 1965 a study of violent criminals in a Scottish high-security mental institution found that a surprisingly high percentage had a particular chromosomal abnormality: in addition to the X and Y chromosomes normally found in men, each carried an extra Y, or "male" chromosome. The press and public seized on the idea that these so-called supermales were genetically predestined to a life of crime. That interpretation proved false. Further investigations showed that the vast majority...
Tower is enough of a realist to recognize that his chances of confirmation are not much better than the odds that Breathalyzers will be installed in the Senate cloakroom. But his argument serves as a deft reminder that there are also Senators whose alcoholic and amorous behavior might not stand sustained scrutiny. There is just enough merit to Tower's who-is-fit-to-judge-whom bluster to accentuate the confusion over the proper standards of conduct for public officials...
...inferno because so many of the facts remain in dispute. Certainly America cannot afford a Defense Secretary with an untreated drinking problem. The issue is how closely this description fits Tower. There are also legitimate concerns raised by the widespread, but not unequivocally documented, tales of Tower's predatory behavior toward women. If true, the allegations of sexual high jinks seem to reflect a pattern of reckless and perhaps unbalanced behavior that should disqualify Tower for such a sensitive post...
Legal and Ethical Are Not the Same Thing. By seeking to codify ethical conduct, the Government has inadvertently encouraged behavior that borders on what is legally permissible. Consider C. Boyden Gray, the White House counsel. While serving as an aide to then Vice President Bush, Gray moonlighted as chairman of a family-owned communications firm, which paid him as much as $50,000 a year. White House officials are formally barred from such outside employment, but not the Vice President's staff. Even when appointed White House ethics czar, Gray apparently planned to continue this cozy arrangement until...
...uninvited guest at an Adams House party, as he was being led out by police for disruptive behavior, referring to the Harvard tuition...