Word: soundproofing
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...these conditioning feats were accomplished with the now-famous Skinner box. It is a soundproof enclosure with a food dispenser that a rat can operate by pressing a lever, and a pigeon by pecking a key. The dispenser does not work unless the animal has first performed according to a specially designed "schedule of reinforcement...
...first psychiatrist were "Return to the womb." That classic concept a search for primal security-is precisely what French Designer Claude Vidili had in mind when he came up with the idea for his "Isolation Sphere," a tough and thick polyester shell almost six feet in diameter that is soundproof and guarantees privacy even in the midst of chaos. To retreat from the world, it is necessary only to step inside and close the door...
...that, the jury of eight blacks and four whites argued so heatedly for four hours that they could often be clearly heard through the jury room's "soundproof" walls. "You weren't born in Mississippi. I was. You don't know what you're talking about," shouted one juror. "I've worked in a factory all my life, and I didn't kill anybody," said another. A third voice: "Did you see that cement room in the plant? Working there would have driven anyone crazy." A fourth: "The man needs help. You know...
Onstage stood a mighty fortress of loudspeakers, looking like one of the barricades in Trovatore. As the thundering music began to jar the building, Met Assistant Manager Francis Robinson cowered inside a soundproof booth at the rear of the hall, touching his fingertips incredulously to the trembling walls. "Feel it," he said. At the end, when the group was booed for refusing to play an encore, Tommy's Composer Peter Townshend put the audience down emphatically by filling the historic hall with a distinctly nonoperatic four-letter word. Bing was more restrained. "I didn't understand a thing...
...leaped up from the defense table shouting insults at the judges and witnesses. Such disruptions can make it virtually impossible to conduct a fair trial -thus, of course, fulfilling the defendants' angry prophecy. Members of the American Institute of Architects and the American Bar Association are discussing a soundproof plastic booth to be rigged with a telephone to the defense lawyer and a sound system enabling the defendant to hear the proceedings-but not be heard. The defendant would thus be reduced to pantomime protest. It sounds practical, but the larger question is what damage the judicial system will...