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Gorbachev's overall performance was a Jekyll-and-Hyde melange of personal charisma and calibrated bluster. He used stock phrases and body language to cajole applause from the 5,000 delegates, who first greeted his criticism of Soviet poor production practices with timid silence. The Pavlovian technique paid off. The second time he complained about slipshod work habits, he received an instant ovation. Jested Gorbachev: "Now I see I have twice won your applause by reminding you of the need for change." At the end of his speech, he glanced at his watch after a minute of applause. The cheers...
...common organism that has common lungs and a common circulatory system." Moscow, in turn, is so confident of the fealty of the country's 8.9 million people that no Soviet troops are stationed on its soil. Says an official in the West German Foreign Ministry: "The relationship is Pavlovian. The Soviets flinch, and the Bulgarians snap...
...Cowboys' uniform," says Wilbur. "It strikes hate and loathing in my mind, almost in a Pavlovian sense." It is not only the Cowboys' metallic blue uniforms. After Marshall died in 1969, Dallas in many ways achieved the Redskins owner's dream of a national team, a New York Yankees of the N.F.L. Beyond sports, the Cowboys may have some culpability in the entire Texas wave the country has suffered, from that cheesy show on television, Dallas, to the Lone-Star cafés, pointy boots, ten-gallon hats, all the trappings of the urban cowboy...
...little pig in glasses) come strutting off. That night at Rick's they chorus Die Wacht am Rhein, the stein-swinging bully song that is the Nazis' idea of a good time in a nightclub. The defiantly answering Marseillaise stirs the soul and raises its Pavlovian goose bumps for the 15th time. They still pronounce "exit visa" weirdly: "exit...
...another $250 million into the till. Last year Raiders of the Lost Ark sent Saturday-matinee chills down a record-breaking number of spines-another $310 million. Spielberg won plaudits as well as profits for his masterly film-making technique. Still, critics often accused him of creating Pavlovian exercises in zapme thrills-movie machines that destroyed, with systematic elegance, the viewer's emotional defenses...