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And it is a blind rage ... it's the word 'bonus' that sets 'em off, like Pavlov's rottweilers.
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And we've all heard of Pavlov's dog, where he conditioned the dog to salivate by ringing a bell that promised food.
Thomas P. Connelly, D.D.S.: What's The Purpose Of Saliva? D.D.S. Thomas P. Connelly 2011
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It's got a delicious, buttery scent, full of caramel and honey, that will get you salivating like Pavlov's pooch.
Tony Sachs: Yo-Ho-Ho And A Snifter Of Rum: Sipping Rums To Enjoy Without Paper Umbrellas Tony Sachs 2010
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Like Pavlov's dogs, she will eventually start to associate you with happy thoughts of her homeland.
Yelena Shuster: A Fellow Ukrainian on How to Date Newly Single Mila Kunis Yelena Shuster 2011
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It's got a delicious, buttery scent, full of caramel and honey, that will get you salivating like Pavlov's pooch.
Tony Sachs: Yo-Ho-Ho And A Snifter Of Rum: Sipping Rums To Enjoy Without Paper Umbrellas Tony Sachs 2010
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They are truly an example of Pavlov's dog; only through shocks can their behavior be controlled.
Reduction to Banality, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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To call this "choice" is to fail to recognize the difference between Pavlov's dogs and a disciplined human who sacrifices pleasure for ideals.
Reduction to Banality, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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It's got a delicious, buttery scent, full of caramel and honey, that will get you salivating like Pavlov's pooch.
Tony Sachs: Yo-Ho-Ho And A Snifter Of Rum: Sipping Rums To Enjoy Without Paper Umbrellas Tony Sachs 2010
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I am simply pointing out that Caplan's definition fails "to recognize the difference between Pavlov's dogs and a disciplined human who sacrifices pleasure for ideals."
Reduction to Banality, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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Like Pavlov's dogs, she will eventually start to associate you with happy thoughts of her homeland.
Yelena Shuster: A Fellow Ukrainian on How to Date Newly Single Mila Kunis Yelena Shuster 2011
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