Word: pavlovians
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...weren't interested in any claims of dirty work by CBS because the "Survivor" gravy train benefited them all. Even if this week's feeding frenzy around the lawsuit hadn't disproved that, the claim is a bit of a reach. Our bosses may well be happy with the Pavlovian circulation, ratings and web-traffic numbers that "Survivor" stories (like this one) bring us. But trust me: Even for a TV writer who loves the show, churning out yet another "Survivor" preview or wrap-up - all to the delight of CBS's accountants and its all-controlling p.r. department...
...ordered confusion. In Hollywood, this is considered a milestone, for ?"28 days" refers to the standard four-week stay usually required by drug treatment centers. Talk to any number of celebrities, from Matthew Perry to Liza Minnelli, and mention that number, and they they're likely to have a Pavlovian response, like chain-smoking or blaming a parent. It's such a familiar milestone that last year one of our major studios used it as the name of a movie. Sony's ?"28 Days" starred Sandra Bullock as a party girl battling addictions, an unsupportive boyfriend and a weak script...
...What did interest me, however, was LP number 5: "The Phil Spector Wall of Sound Vol. 5: Rare Masters." To an obsessive, of course, the words "rare master" are Pavlovian triggers like "never released", "obscure B-side" and "the Beatles butcher-cover." That it turned out to be a great record was irrelevant - I had no choice. I was Ahab, the white whale was off the starboard. Somehow I got the money (probably around six or seven dollars) and "Rare Masters" was in my hands...
Cuomo equated this democratic change in attitude towards the poor with the recent trend for "politicians to follow the polls with an almost Pavlovian success...
...meet Cary Grant at the Empire State Building because she's been hit by a car, or The English Patient, in which Kristin Scott Thomas can't meet Ralph Fiennes because she has died alone in a cave. I mean, women are drawn to this material in a creepy, Pavlovian way, right? Surely they don't enjoy...