Word: behaviorism
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Dates: during 1960-1960
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...overall characteristics. As he points out in the Texas volume, for instance, loons are "open-water swimming birds with pointed, daggerlike bills. Larger than most ducks . . . float low in water''; despite its name, the common loon is "rare south of Corpus Christi." Shrikes are "songbirds with hawklike behavior and hook-tipped bills'"; the loggerhead species is widespread in Texas, but the Northern shrike has been recorded in only five of the state's 254 counties...
...approval, but also the expected deluge of outraged protests from parents, alumni and clergymen. Last week he was fired. Said President David Dodd Henry: "The views expressed are offensive and repugnant, contrary to commonly accepted standards of morality, and their public espousal may be interpreted as encouragement of immoral behavior...
...Duke of Wellington approved of elegance, but he felt obliged to advise his splendidly uniformed Grenadier Guards that their behavior was "not only ridiculous but unmilitary" when they rode into battle on a rainy day with their umbrellas raised. Such peacockery startles the 20th century male, who trembles dizzily at the brink of foppishness when he folds a handkerchief into the breast pocket of his sack suit. The rich man of today dresses more plainly, if anything, than his short-form employee, and there are social observers who theorize that the tycoon tries to be inconspicuous because he feels guilty...
...been convicted for robbery in years, pointed out that he was living with one woman, had been turned in to police by another who was jealous of a third, had ditched at least 27 others in the last seven months, mused: "I read lots of books on the behavior of females...
...shrill accusation that the U.S. had sabotaged an ammunition ship that blew up in Havana harbor. Castro's "outrageous charge," which whipped up "the passions and hatreds of his people," said the Times, "was paranoia raised to the level of national policy. Certainly the irresponsible and provocative behavior of the Castro regime in recent days plays directly into the hands of Cuba's enemies in this country . . . As a great power, this nation must be slow to anger and must show great patience, but if the Castro regime continues on its present paranoid course the Cuban people could...