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...other things, the effect on IQ performance of being black in a white-dominated society. As in East Ham, Katz's black subjects did better when they were deceived into believing that their intelligence was not being tested-that is, when the test was described as a simple drill in eye-hand coordination. In fact, when they were freed of anxiety about intellectual performance, the black students registered higher IQ scores under a white test giver than under a black...
...coonhounds, engage in a little politicking and, most of all, relish the earthy spectacle of competitive expectoration. The crowd comes early down the red clay road to Billy John Crumpton's pond five miles west of town. Easily 2,000 women, children and men in narrow-brimmed hats, drill trousers and sport shirts gather beside the one-acre pond for the day's events. While the Jaycees barbecue chicken and collect the $1 entrance fee, prize coonhounds -black and tans, red ticks and treeing walkers-go through their paces...
...lack of coordination in higher echelons. Even the Navy's belated attempt to get Air Force assistance was delayed by difficulties in using a secure telephone line. Then differences between Air Force and Navy procedures led an Air Force major to believe that the message was merely a drill. The carrier Enterprise might have helped, but received no orders. In Hawaii, Admiral John Hyland got word of the seizure. Armbrister asked him later what he did, and Hyland replied: "We just sat there and looked at each other, and we thought, 'How is that possible...
...politics but the Gospel (most are pacifists, but they rarely demonstrate). Policemen love them. Businessmen contribute generously. Even a conservative evangelical theologian like Carl F.H. Henry applauds their "1st century boldness." Perhaps the major hurdle street Christians will have to overcome is the eternal temptation to turn spontaneity into drill...
...president of his high-school student body. He and Jerry also had a daily variety show on station KOOL-TV, and in his senior year Wayne quit school to accept a five-year contract at the Fremont Hotel in Las Vegas. Thirty-six shows a week was rugged drill, but it enabled the brothers Newton to broaden and buff their...