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...Oral Types. Some pop psychers believe that particular instruments tend to form particular personalities, even down to physical similarities. The Boston Symphony's Sherman Walt ascribes great significance to the fact that he is tall and skinny like his bassoon. Berlin Philharmonic Cellist Eberhart Finken is convinced that woodwind players speak with the same tones and inflections as their instruments...
...Angeles Psychoanalyst Ralph Greenson, an amateur violinist who has treated several prominent musicians, suggests that some clarinetists and flutists might think that they took up their instrument because it was the only one available in the high school band. More likely, it was because they are "oral" types, "great eaters and drinkers. A lot of them are people who have been extremely gratified, and therefore spoiled, and then deprived. The playing of their instrument is an attempt to make up for this...
...economics, both the United Arab Republic and Pakistan have huge pill programs. On training peasants, an Indian study says: "From field studies in Puerto Rico, Mexico and Ceylon, it has become evident that poorly educated women accept oral contraception enthusiastically and successfully. In that respect, Indian women are no different from their counterparts in other parts of the world...
GUMMIDGE: That's the aural-oral method. Say it aloud...
...full courses. In the first year, they would take a study in historical and descriptive linguistics, possibly in a course offered under the General Education program. The second part of the requirement could be fulfilled with a literature course like "Classics of the Far East," the "Narrative in Oral Literature," or the "Modern Scandinavian Novel...