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Another professor who challenged our ideas was B. F. Skinner, the noted behaviorist. In those days it was fervently believed that babies were born without any imprint whatsoever. They were a “tabula rasa” and the parents had two years in which to form the personality. Professor Skinner was such a fervent believer in this notion that he invented a box (with holes in the bottom and screening on all sides) in which to place a baby so as to have total control over the baby’s stimuli...
...Their antics draw an abrupt, approving laugh from Ichsan. Obviously the boys' role model, the stocky 32-year-old is clad entirely in black, down to the socks he wears under his army-issue combat boots. He says he has just returned from what he calls a "clash" in Tabula near Tangula's village...
...prompt. I read your high school resumes. I tried to find merit in your campaign platforms of better fro-yo and graduated meal plans. And I did my best to ignore the sea of people around me talking about what an ineffective body the council was. You started out tabula rasa in my mind, but you tarnished your image. And you did it fast...
...Whites acted as if we were a black tabula rasaready to be filled with New England education andhigh culture," said Wilson, "[But] we changedHarvard as Harvard changed...
...Greenaway film is a complex word-and-picture game--of stories within stories, images within images, like a Chinese puzzle box. The director also insists that his actors throw themselves, soul and especially body, into his complex revenge scenarios. Wu is a fine, supple tabula rasa; McGregor (Trainspotting) shows again that he is one of the boldest, most charming young actors...