Word: chosenness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...yielded some interesting and surprising findings. As might be expected, children who observed Rocky's aggressive behavior punished both failed to reproduce his behavior and rejected him as a model for emulation. On the other hand, when Rocky's aggression was highly successful in amassing rewarding resources, he was chosen by most of the children as the preferred model for imitation. The surprising finding, however, is that without exception these children were highly critical of his behavior (e.g., "Rocky is harsh" ... "Rough and bossy" ... "Mean" ... "Wicked" ... "He whack people...
...movie was produced, directed and written by Sihanouk, though he was not credited with the "classical and popular" Khmer musical score. There was also a third Cambodian film shown at the festival, this one a documentary short called Royal Cortege, also by Sihanouk. If the Prince had so chosen, the festival could have been an all-Sihanouk spectacular. He has made eight full-length films, six of which have been released...
Museumgoers who want to see duplicates of Hulten's selections together with 114 other E.A.T. entries will find them across the river at the Brooklyn Museum in a show called "Some More Beginnings." The Brooklyn exhibit has three prizewinners, chosen by a jury of scientists. Interestingly, their three were among the nine Hulten had independently chosen. The jury's criterion: "That neither the artist nor the engineer alone could have achieved the results. Interaction must have preceded innovation...
...substitute for getting into business and learning the hard way." Last week, Bamberg, 45, was again learning the hard way. Bankruptcy had grounded Bamberg's British Eagle International Airlines Ltd. The government's Air Transport Licensing Board was busily apportioning Eagle's routes, and a creditor-chosen liquidator was seeking buyers for the airline's 17 outdated Britannias and Viscounts, which along with eight leased jets constituted the airline's fleet. Debts outweigh assets by some $10 million, and some creditors may have to settle for five shillings to the pound. To his workers lining...
Concludes Gale: "The more one studies the battles of biblical history the more convinced one becomes that the elements that make for military success or failure remain constant." The early Jews, of course, had unswerving faith in their destiny as God's chosen people-but it helped no little bit that they also had leaders who knew their way around a battlefield...