Word: verbalizations
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...experiments was designed to determine the extent to which aggression can be transmitted to children through exposure to aggressive adult models. One group of children observed an aggressive model who exhibited relatively novel forms of physical and verbal aggression toward a large inflated plastic doll; a second group viewed the same model behave in a very subdued and inhibited manner, while children in a control group had no exposure to any models. Half the children in each of the experimental conditions observed models of the same sex as themselves and the remaining children in each group witnessed opposite-sex models...
...left over from yesterday, are called "garden fresh." In Minneapolis, broiled rock lobster tails turn into "Queen of Hearts"; in Los Angeles, capon becomes "Tower of London"; in New York, string beans metamorphose into "Long Johns." The Hawaiian Hut in Portland, Me., offers its Special Tiki Chicken on this verbal platter: "Truly a dish fit for the gods-beyond description." But any diner could describe it easily-chicken with bean sprouts...
...their first performance Miss Hahn's company appeared on an empty stage, against a dreary beige backdrop minus all lighting effects. The dancers began without music, illustrating the materials of dance while Miss Hahn provided the verbal explanations. They started with the most basic component: movement. Movement for dance, Miss Hahn said, must be defined in its broadest sense. "To limit oneself to certain movements which are supposed to be correct or beautiful [as classical ballet does] is to bar oneself from an infinitely varied world. The richness of dance lies in its ability to draw from the real world...
...Western world cries of outraged morality for the arsenal of the press and public. The crisis in Nigerian seems a clear-cut case of the good guys versus the bad guys. The massacres in the North justify the Ibo cause and condemn the Lagos government. With self-righteous verbal overkill, defenders of Biafra cry that Lagos is waging a war of genocide...
...same time with a lot more success. He let the men and women on the telephone ask their question in their own voices instead of filtering them through an oily moderator, he decorated the proceedings with celebrities, and kept big Ed Muskie at his side to check bouts of verbal diarrhea...