Word: belled
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...support of his theory, Salter cites experiments by Psychologist C. V. Hudgins, who conditioned human subjects to contract the pupils of their eyes, first in response to a flashing light, then to a bell, then to the word "contract," then to the mere thought of the word "contract...
...Major Joppolo. He is patient, tenacious, understanding, humble in the sense of being willing to drudge for what he believes in, and possessed of a genuine love for Adano, the place and the people. This love is epitomized in his effort to get the people of Adano a church bell to replace the bell the Nazis carried off for scrap. Sometimes it seems that Major Joppolo is the only person who loves the villagers. Certainly he is the only one who has a practically realizable vision of what democracy can bring to Adano. Raised in The Bronx, razzed...
...BELL FOR ADANO-John Hersey- Knopf...
Bats in the Belfry? But slowly, in spite of General Marvin, Italian apathy, and bureaucratic red tape, Adano was cleaned up, the houses repainted, the people fed, the Italian prisoners returned to their homes. But for Major Joppolo the war was over. His requisition for a bell for Adano struck headquarters as another sign of his failing mind. And when General Marvin discovered that the Major was still on the job, he stopped reading Secretary Stimson's commendations long enough to fire Joppolo...
...mood of A Bell for Adano is bitter. Its humor is raucous and wild. At its worst, it descends to college humorous magazine slapstick. At its best it is a superb piece of reporting. Read unimaginatively, it is a deadly account of U.S. official incompetence. Stripped of its humor, it is the story of a battle for democracy, no less real for being fought without arms, more important than the military engagement that preceded...