Word: adeptly
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...were tested for their ability to identify flashing cues, switch their attention rapidly and count objects approaching from many directions. The result: gamers performed up to 50% better than nonplayers, a finding that researchers suspect applies to younger kids as well. To rule out the possibility that the visually adept are simply drawn to video games, researchers also trained neophytes and compared them with nonplayers. The results were similar. But don't expect your child's mastery of Grand Theft Auto to secure him admission to Yale. "These are not skills required to do well at school," says Daphne Bavelier...
...business world has been more adept at meeting the needs of two-career families and working mothers since their widespread entrance into the workplace in the 1970s—including job shares, family leave, subsidized daycare and flex time...
...He’s a really adept listener and wants to hear all sides of an issue,” Livingston says. “You come away having met with him feeling validated even though he may not have agreed with you, which is what I liked so much about [Former Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis...
Alright, facetiousness aside and truth be told, I am confident that we’ll be able to stop procrastinating if life deems it necessary. Perhaps first and foremost, Harvard students are adept at adaptation and so it would come as no surprise to learn that the procrastinators of today had become the planners of tomorrow. Until then, though, my only plan is to live up to the procrastinator’s creed that Harvard has, for better or for worse, taught me all too well—to put off until tomorrow what I can get away with today...
Conditions in Detroit for Nationals—likely big waves with light wind—will make it crucial that the Crimson is adept at handling its boats. As a result, Harvard will spend some of the month of May practicing on Boston Harbor with BC, a team that owns 420s...