Word: behaviour
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Dates: during 1930-1939
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...greater miracles [than the use of handkerchiefs] have occurred. A wonderful improvement has taken place ... regarding the practice of spitting on floors and sidewalks and in vehicles. Only those who have seen this improvement could believe it possible to influence the public in personal behaviour in so short a time. Transferring a cold to another person is the worst of bad manners...
...kissing his pretty protege when the raised piano-top, behind which they are hiding, expresses its disapproval by solidly falling on the heads of the two lovers. At the sound of the crash, an irate father rushes upon the scene and sternly reprimands his daughter for her licentious behaviour. Meanwhile, our fallen Caesar forsakes his Cleopatra and silently slinks out of the room...
Highlighted at the meeting will be a showing of the famous University of Iowa movies, which reveal a striking difference in the behaviour of school children under experimentally controlled conditions of democracy and autocratic dictatorship. Kurt Lewin of Iowa, visiting lecture on Dynamic Psychology, will show and discuss the films...
...guests of Great Britain," the card began. "Politeness and good behaviour will ensure a kind reception and sympathy for you everywhere. Do not speak loudly in the streets, particularly at night. Be considerate about the comfort of other people, and avoid damaging the property and furniture of others." The card concluded with a Nelsonian touch: "Never forget that England's opinion of German refugees depends upon your behaviour...
...Summer School as a worthy and useful way to spend a part of the vacation. The Summer School is an important part of the University, and one gravely misunderstood by the undergraduate, who thinks of it as a sultry Devil's Island where one is sent for scholastic bad behaviour. In reality the six weeks spent here can prove extremely valuable to students in good standing as well as their less fortunate brethren...