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...think they both felt this was one of the failures of their administration," says Professor of Sociology Orlando Patterson. "Bok put everything else aside. The two of them really saw that as the top of their priorities...

Author: By Elizabeth J. Riemer, Rebecca M. Wand, and Anna D. Wilde, S | Title: Afro-Am Studies Grows Under New Leadership | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

...most extreme, Patterson says, Afrocentrism can verge into a nationalistic and exclusive ideology...

Author: By Elizabeth J. Riemer, Rebecca M. Wand, and Anna D. Wilde, S | Title: Afro-Am Studies Grows Under New Leadership | 5/10/1993 | See Source »

...possible Kings, Braden Linard and James Patterson are convincingly lovable goofs. Patterson, in particular, has both a strong voice and considerable acting talent that he puts to good use; his interaction with Weitzner is amusing and sincere. Linard is a little less focused, with a tendency to notice the audience more than the actors around him, but he gives a fine performance, nonetheless...

Author: By Lori E. Smith, | Title: Rough Sailing for Gondoliers | 4/29/1993 | See Source »

...John T. Patterson is a resident tutor in Mather House...

Author: By John T. Patterson, | Title: Coming Out: The Only Chance | 4/16/1993 | See Source »

Unfortunately, it is impossible to know precisely what goes on in another creature's mind and to what degree it understands the languages it uses. Take the case of the gorilla Koko, first taught 20 years ago to use American Sign Language by psychologist Penny Patterson. On one much discussed occasion, the powerful gorilla had inadvertently knocked a sink off its moorings in her living quarters. Koko signed the words "Kate there bad," pointing to the sink. Was the muscular animal trying, rather implausibly, to shift the blame to one of Patterson's slightly built female assistants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Can Animals Think? | 3/22/1993 | See Source »

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