Word: personality
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Cavanagh said that the widely criticized Supreme Court decisions outlining arrested persons' rights "should have come years ago." He agreed that police departments might not be able to prosecute as effectively as they once did. But he said that a person's rights must be protected even if it means "five detectives must do the work once done...
...usually close doors. Nat Sci 7 is in fact designed to open the door that locks science off from the rest of the world. Holton recalls telling some students about a science fiction story he enjoyed. "They were surprised to find out that a scientist is not just a person in a lab or on a platform. What is sad is that they had to find out by accident...
There is a tone of idealism and engagement that emerges from Holton's approach to his field and its teaching. In person, he manages to hide it behind a convincing skepticism toward anything about himself, but the cynicism does not run deep. "Everyone would occasionally like to retreat into his research for two or three years," Holton reflects. "But a university appointment is a great place from which to get involved. A scientist's life here can be almost kalaidoscopic. It doesn't have to be, but the bounds of human experience can be very wide...
...platform. "The machines process information," says Seawright, 30, an Ole Miss grad who instructs at Manhattan's Electronic Music Center (run by Princeton and Columbia). "Their cells and sensors collect information on light and sound, and they behave accordingly. My aim is to produce a kind of patterned personality. Just as a person you know very well can surprise you, so can these machines...
...praise of Haddon. Said James Roche, president of General Motors: "He offered some very constructive and intelligent suggestions." Said Ford's President Arjay Miller: "He is a reasonable man and he has a balanced approach." Said Chrysler's new board Chairman Lynn Townsend: "He is a realistic person and a good appointee...