there are no whites, where it does not matter.’ Malcolm X disagreed (‘As a black man, and proud of being a black man, I can’t conceive of myself as having any desire whatsoever to lose my identity’), but one year later he too would disavow racial ...
In other words, some parts of the brain have been shown to be fine-tuned to size and cortices that are larger or smaller than this desirable size are related to poor functioning [source: Salk Institute]. Other genes may be at work as well, but they're not the only determinant of...
The use of swear words can provoke a visceral response and is usually considered a no-no in the classroom. But are we doing our students any favours by banning ‘bad’ language or should teachers’ approach to expletives be more nuanced? Henry Hepburn re
Why are You so far from saving me, so far from my words of groaning? / I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.Psalm 139:13-16For You formed my inmost being; You knit me together in my mother’s womb. / I praise You, for ...
They tell a story of Sunil Gavaskar crushing a six in a long-ago Test match and stepping back to curse himself. He knew he needed to calm down, to play for the long haul, not just one six-and-out. Adrenaline and aggression are enemies of Test success. Now some of the artistry has...
Why are the cousins called in "A Rose for Emily"? Why is the play called "The Bald Soprano"? In The Mousetrap, why was Major Metcalf in the cellar when Mrs. Ralston screamed? In Antigone, why does Eurydice use her final words to pronounce a curse?
. There are five or six men in that band, and they're super aggressive, and they shout. Hearing that in a feminine voice, I didn't know if it was going to be cool enough. And then I thought, "What the hell? Am I being sexist against myself?" [Laughs.] "So let's have ...
Why are the final consonants in "idealism" and "terrorize" not doubled? a. the stressed syllable is not the final syllable b. those suffixes never change the spelling of the bases or roots c. those words don't have suffixes d. there is no reason What is the role of the ...
In other words, some parts of the brain have been shown to be fine-tuned to size and cortices that are larger or smaller than this desirable size are related to poor functioning [source: Salk Institute]. Other genes may be at work as well, but they're not the only determinant of ...
hyperbolic discounting and its consequences (Ainslie, 1975), the curse of knowledge (epistemic egocentrism; Camerer, Loewenstein, & Weber, 1989), the mythical fixed pie in negotiation (Bazerman, Baron, & Shonk, 2001), and hundreds of other such results, some of which are ignored but should no...