'He is bent on exercising supreme power': Blair and Gordon Brown, in an act of arbitrary power, soon after the May election gave independence to the Bank of England even though it wasn't a manifesto pledge. ... She has been known to admire Blair's drive and patriotism, but according to Peter Hennessy, at a conference in October 1998, she was overheard saying at a reception earlier in that year: 'That young man is getting terribly bossy'. In defence: the decision regarding the Bank of England's independence was taken quickly but in the interests of the econ...

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Watson's experiment on Peter, the 3-year old boy who feared rabbits, similarly required several trails until learning occurred. During each trial, a rabbit would be brought progressively closer to Peter while he was eating inside of the room. Eventually, Peter got used to the rabbit and learned to no longer fear rabbits. ...

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