Word: skinnerism
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...attorney waited until the Chicago Board of Trade had ended its trading for the week. Then Samuel Skinner dropped a bombshell on the world's largest commodity futures exchange. He announced four indictments ranging from mail fraud to income tax violations against one customer, one solicitor (a title analogous to stockbroker) and seven traders...
Violent Swings. The implications of the indictments go beyond soybean trading. They represent the first results of a 15-month investigation into U.S. commodity trading by the Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, U.S. postal inspectors and the federal Commodities Futures Trading Commission. Skinner warned that more indictments involving other commodity markets can be expected...
...Skinner, Litt.D.. behavioral psychologist...
...hurt that Adler did not include B.F. Skinner, who is a forerunner in the behavioral science field...
...activities began with the B game, a lopsided affair in which the Crimson triumphed by a score of 12-0. Jim Skinner provided the only four-point "try" (running, kicking or bulldozing the ball past the goal line and touching it to the ground in the end zone) of the game, and Dave Albala kicked the conversion for two more. Two successful penalty kicks by Albala added six more points and closed out the scoring for the match...