Word: governed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Nowhere in Behaviorist B.F. Skinner's voluminous writings does he give evidence of an inability to effectively discriminate between man and rat. However, Skinner and his distinguished students have amassed data that strongly suggest that many of the same principles that parsimoniously explain and govern the behavior of certain animal species, under carefully specified conditions, are also true of human behavior. And for devoting himself to such demanding, yet valuable objectives, he should be scorned? For shame...
...such purchases, but so far there has been no decision. According to a Dayan aide, there are tens of thousands of acres of land in the occupied areas that could be bought from Arab landowners who are willing to sell; purchases have been held up for lack of a govern ment policy...
Despite the gloomy report, says Ted Schwinden, commissioner of state lands, "many people feel that the coal will inevitably be developed." To control that development, the state legislature recently enacted one law to govern the location of power plants and another that requires coal companies to restore stripped land to its "approximate original contour and use." Industry's objections were relatively muted...
...John Lindsay conveyed his dilemma to an appreciative audience of political reporters at New York City's annual Inner Circle Dinner two weeks ago. Should he or should he not run for a third four-year term as mayor of the nation's biggest and toughest-to-govern city? A few days later, he had made up his mind: he would...
...immediate result of a leftist victory is likely to be parliamentary paralysis. A Gaullist President with minority support could not govern, and Pompidou has implied that he will not ask any Socialist to form a government. "No one," he has said, "should count on me to renounce everything in which I believe." Legally, he could dissolve the National Assembly and call for new elections. That was a tactic employed by DeGaulle in 1968 to frighten voters into supporting him; unfortunately, French voters have a habit of reinforcing their views in such second elections, which might mean an even larger leftist...