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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...furious pace in spite of a cigarette case with a time lock on it that he keeps hidden in his desk. Referring to the fact that Pepsi-Cola will soon be distributed in the Soviet Union-one of the accomplishments of détente-he said: "Maybe we can teach our people to drink less vodka and more Pepsi-Cola...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DIPLOMACY: A Yellow Light on the Road to D | 4/8/1974 | See Source »

...heart of behavior mod lies in correct use of positive reinforcement, simply because this most closely approximates normal human behavior. Hundreds of parents of retarded and/or behavior-problem children have learned to use behavior mod to teach their children; many are grateful because it affords them a highly successful humanistic alternative to the degrading kinds of punishing methods they had earlier felt themselves reduced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Apr. 1, 1974 | 4/1/1974 | See Source »

...view could be allowed at least token representation. With monetarists clamoring for state control of currency, Keynesians for state control of currency and investment, and Marxists for state control of these and everything else besides, is it too much to ask for a few libertarian economists, content to teach the workings of an unhampered market? Lawrence H. white '77 Marc E. Chardon '75 Christopher M. Berendes '77 Susan G. Cole...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: ECONOMICS DEPARTMENT | 3/29/1974 | See Source »

Alan E. Heimert '49, chairman of the English Department, first approached Jean Slingerland about working in the Expos office in December 1972. She was working on her thesis at the time, and planning to teach a House course in English. "Mr. Heimert made me a proposition," Slingerland said. "I would be acting director of Expos for the following year, on a one-year contract, and I would get a second year if I got my thesis written. I said nothing for quite a while...

Author: By Nicholas Lemann, | Title: Jean Slingerland vs. The Faculty Council | 3/29/1974 | See Source »

...lived such a long life in 34 years, but no matter what he is talking about, he always takes the time for a philosophical interjection. "If you give a man a fish, he can eat it for a day. But if you give him a fishing pole you can teach him how to eat for a lifetime...

Author: By Keith Butler, | Title: The Man With the Fishing Poles | 3/26/1974 | See Source »

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