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While girls outdo boys verbally, they often lag behind in solving analytical problems, those that require attention to detail. Girls seem to think "globally," responding to situations as a whole instead of abstracting single elements. In the "rod and frame test," for instance, a subject sits in a dark room before a luminous rod inside a slightly tilted frame, and is asked to move the rod to an upright position. Boys can separate the rod visually from the frame and make it stand straight; girls, misled by the tipped frame, usually adjust the rod not to the true vertical...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Behavior: Male & Female: Differences Between Them | 3/20/1972 | See Source »

...album he has opted for ballads instead of folk music that is geared to some prevailing national spirit. It is not entirely fair to compare Mary with the others since she does not write any of her own material. In recording songs by Elton John or by Rod McKuen. Mary has also been attracted to popular music, away from the folk sound of earlier years...

Author: By Peter M. Shane, | Title: Separate Ways | 3/13/1972 | See Source »

...California for all-star defenseman Carol Vadnais and another minor-leaguer. The Bruins defensive corps now have the oddly reminiscent first names of Bob, Carol, Ted, and Dallas. Who knows, maybe the quartet will go into the movie biz after they're through getting their teeth knocked out by Rod Gilbert slap shots...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: MOVIE BIZ? | 2/24/1972 | See Source »

DOGS HAVE ESP? Or ROD STEIGER TALKS ABOUT HIS FACE LIFT...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Press: Goodbye to Gore | 2/21/1972 | See Source »

...good year for ballads and a poor one for hard rock, but that may simply reflect my mood. I compiled this mostly from memory, so there are doubtless some grevious errors. I would probably draw up a completely different selection tomorrow. 1. Groove Me King Floyd 2. Maggie May Rod Stewart 3. Let's Stay Together Al Green 4. Do You Know What I Mean Lee Michaels 5. Have You Seen Her Chi-Lites 6. Want Ads Honey Cone 7. Brown Sugar-Bitch Rolling Stones 8. Nathan Jones Supremes 9. What's Going On Marvin Gaye 10. Where...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Tops of 1971 | 1/19/1972 | See Source »

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