Word: reflex
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...Pakistani Foreign Minister Khursheed Mehmood Kasuri added to the mood of determined reconciliation, declaring that "We should avoid the conditioned reflex of blaming each other for any incident that may happen in our countries." One of Kasuri's aides went further: "The Indians know that we have nothing to do with these bombings, and neither India nor Pakistan is going to let terrorist acts derail our peace talks...
...seems that nothing is more powerful than the buying reflex of a grandparent. Jan Burton, 52, has two grandchildren, Grace, 2, and James, 6 weeks. "My heart just glows when I see them wearing something so cute," says Burton. Her last impulse buy for her granddaughter was a $50 bathing suit patterned like a strawberry, with fake leaves sprouting from the shoulders. No doubt Grace will outgrow it before next summer, but you don't want to get in the way of a grandparent intent on grabbing. --With reporting by Amy Bonesteel/Atlanta and Esther Chapman/Omaha
...first decades of the 20th century, nature held sway over nurture in most fields. In the wake of World War I, however, three men recaptured the social sciences for nurture: John B. Watson, who set out to show how the conditioned reflex, discovered by Ivan Pavlov, could explain human learning; Sigmund Freud, who sought to explain the influence of parents and early experiences on young minds; and Franz Boas, who argued that the origin of ethnic differences lay with history, experience and circumstance, not physiology and psychology...
After my two-hour meal, I’ve been converted. I scurry off with my hunger satiated and my wallet still bulging (well, as much as a work-study wallet can bulge). While other Thai eateries consistently activate my gag reflex with their lack of value, I leave this restaurant with a Smile...
Hilary had good reason to be concerned: her mother wasn't eating. Ginny had a gag reflex every time she put food in her mouth. Some mornings she was unable even to brush her teeth without thinking she would vomit. About the only thing she could force down was Carnation Instant Breakfast--the same thing she gave Hilary after the orthodontist tightened her braces. Ginny was slender to begin with from years of power walking, but now the weight was melting off her twiggy body. By December she had lost 29 lbs. In hopes that humor might defuse some...