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Richard J. Herrnstein, professor of Psychology, sees The Godfather 11 times and and wakes up with a bloody pigeon's head under his pillow. Bok sees The Godfather II 18 times and lays off all Italians. "I tried laying off the Scotch also," Bok explains, "but beer makes me gain weight, and it's bad for my image...
Shavelson, whose credits include The Pigeon That Took Rome and The War Between Men and Women, shows himself a master of a formula that used to be standard fare on TV sitcoms: the emasculated American male who blusters and protests while remaining the tool of his pert, soft-spoken but granite-willed wife. Here he is played by Joseph Bologna, she by the adept but woefully misused Barbara Harris. Hubby coaches a hapless professional basketball team, the Phoenix Suns. He makes a good enough living, however. His suburban home is roomy, wellappointed, and chock-full of kids-three when...
...abroad and exporting in an attempt to saturate the world market. This effort has been only partially successful, for American firms are losing international ground to newer, more dynamic companies like Nissan and Volkswagen. As American automakers explore abroad, they ignore their domestic obligations: urban small-car designs are pigeon-holed and monstrous recreational vehicles are forced forward; mass transit is suppressed while car use becomes more expensive and unpleasant; pollution control is ignored until the government threatens fines or hints factory shutdowns...
...hadn't known. But during my freshman year, I tried to emulate the archetypal Radcliffe absorption described to me in Atlanta. Failing to leave bruised pigeons in my wake, I learned instead why a Radcliffe woman--a woman at Harvard--might well be preoccupied. In fact, it took me more than just my freshman year to conclude that her legendary powers of intimidation, which the pigeon anecdote illustrated, are more a defensive posture than anything else...
...front of the cabinet for Soc Sci 15 and casually pick up a text on behavioral psychology. Graphs of response rates and reinforcements and contingencies stare out at you, but your puzzlement is allayed by the almost tangible presence of laboratory walls enveloping you. A symphonic blend of pigeon cooing fills your ears as you walk to put pellets of feed in place for a new experiment. The smell is a bit overpowering, but this anticipation of finding the missing link to your conception of a society governed by three simple, incontravertible rules makes you forget all the trials...