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Skinner didn't intend to be a psychologist. At Hamilton College he majored in English literature, "But I had a letdown when I discovered that a novelist doesn't really understand behavior, even though he can duplicate it. A biology professor got me interested in Pavlov." Skinner did graduate work in psychology at Harvard in 1928. In 1947 he was back as the William James Lecturer, and the next year he received his appointment...
Illness has forced Reinhold Niebuhr to cancel his scheduled lecture series and Memorial Church sermon here this spring, the Appleton Club announced yesterday. The Club, which was to have sponsored Niebuhr's talks here on March 16, 17, and 18, revealed yesterday that it does not intend to substitute another lecturer...
...fast Arabian race horses. He has a private preserve of black buck gazelles imported from India, and is the only one allowed to shoot them. Like Kuwait's Abdullah and most of the sand-dune sheiks, he has never traveled beyond the Middle East and doesn't intend...
Billy hopes eventually to see every candidate for the presidency, including Truman: "I want to give them the moral side of the thing. Of course, I do not intend to endorse any candidate." High on Evangelist Graham's agenda for March: 1) an address to 500 British ministers in Westminster Abbey, 2) a visit to France, where he hopes to chat with Ike Eisenhower...
Originally, Bob Taft did not intend to walk into this buzz saw. But that intention led to the inevitable accusation that he was afraid to stand up against Ike. Last month, Taft Strategist John D. M. Hamilton led a task force to New Hampshire to look things over, and announced "surprising and encouraging results." Taftmen noted with pleasure that March 11 is the annual town-meeting day, on which residents gather at churches, schools and town halls to discuss town business. Their fond hope: that a good percentage of the small-town folks will step over to the polling booths...