Word: deviationism
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"We're trying to bring Boy Scouts into the real world," explained Campex-West Volunteer Director Martin Michael. Hence a contest like "Scouting the Headlines," in which the boys scanned the San Francisco Examiner for news items about people who have obeyed or disobeyed the tenets of Scout law...
Just as he would like us to believe, to understand Skinner is to understand his past history and reinforcement contingencies. Born in the railroad town of Susquehanna, pa., Fred Skinner was "taught to fear God, the police and what people will think." Skinner writes, "My mother was quick to take...
Your report on six American auto workers' experience of Scandinavian conditions [March 10] is similar to an inquiry by George III of England into the sanity of the founding fathers of the Constitution. America developed the production line, particularly in the auto industry, and any deviation from Henry Ford...
But to Piers the ancient Gnostic beliefs became central. With a scholar friend, he linked the Gnostics' world-scorning pessimism with the still mysterious downfall of the Knights Templar. The Templars flourished as a chivalric order during the Crusades, eventually becoming one of the strong est financial, military and...
On the playing field, the egghead jock can be a source of enlightenment as well as amusement to teammates. Several years ago, when Atlanta Braves Second Baseman Dave Johnson, a mathematician, was playing for the Baltimore Orioles, he gave some valuable advice to Pitcher Jim Palmer. "Jim, you're...