Word: suggestibility
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Later research, however, has not borne out his forecast. In a new study called Still a Dream, Sar A. Levitan, William B. Johnston and Robert Taggart concluded that "the weight of the evidence seems to suggest that integration in the schools can make small improvements in black I.Q. and achievement." Still other researchers find the evidence too contradictory to support any overall findings...
...1920s ragtime was forgotten. So was the softspoken, thoughtful Joplin, a friendly man who had always been willing to listen to other musicians. He was apparently something of a wandering lover, as the dedications of The Sycamore to Minnie L. Montgomery and Leola to Miss Minnie Wade suggest. But he craved the comfort and security of marriage. His first failed: the former Belle Hayden had no interest in his music, and their baby daughter died in infancy. His second marriage, to Lottie Stokes, seemed perfect, and Lottie stood by him as he exhausted himself and his money trying...
...across his desk at A (see top diagram), it means the host is ready to make a deal. The visitor should then move his chair to B, encroaching on the host's space. If the host is trying to evade a deal or placate a visitor, he will suggest that both sit on the sofa. Then the proper move for the visitor is to sit at C, forcing the host to move to D, where he is cut off from both telephones. Phonemanship is important too. An aggressive visitor should ask to make a phone call, settle...
...drafted speech will urge greater aid for the poorest nations from the industrial states and the newly rich oil producers. It will renew his call for a world food reserve of 60 million tons to provide a cushion against crop failures. To solve balance of payments problems, it will suggest giving International Monetary Fund loans to countries that suffer trade shortfalls. In the face of opposition from key Cabinet members like Treasury Secretary William Simon, Moynihan is expected to announce that the U.S., for the first time, may be willing to tamper with traditional free-market mechanisms by entering into...
...American Psychiatric Association has stopped listing homosexuality as a psychiatric disorder, and AT&T, several other big corporations and the Civil Service Commission have announced their willingness to hire openly avowed gays. In a special issue on homosexuality, the teachers' journal, College English, went so far as to suggest editorially that although it may be painful, homosexual teachers should reveal their sexual preferences as a matter of "academic responsibility." If they do not do so, argued the editorial, they will contribute to a "cycle of oppression for our gay students, who, without gay role models or support, will very likely...