Word: aspects
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...speaks, Stepak constantly rearranges the pieces in front of him, playing invisible tetris, deftly sliding them along the chess board he has scotch-taped to the table. He passionately expounds the relationships between chess and the organization of the human mind. It is the educational aspect of chess that Stepak takes most seriously. As I scribble in my notebook he nods approvingly, “Writing things down is important, part of the process of learning is physically writing.” Before he began teaching chess full-time he worked for educational non-profit and volunteer organizations...
Bargaining: seeking an agreement through direct negotiation between yourself and some external force. Here, the irrational belief is that by changing an aspect of your situation, you can change the entire situation. Throughout the bargaining stage, the student presents himself with options. Perhaps If I slip in the bathroom and break my leg University Health Services will write me a note excusing me from class. Or maybe if I e-mail the professor and kill off another relative (miraculously, I had five grandparents die last semester) he’ll pity me. After pacing around my room I have...
...time when Ivy League football talent is arguably at its highest point in the modern era, one aspect of the game is still lagging far behind...
...given to long, sometimes woolly deliberation before making decisions. He likes words like "comprehensive" and "integrated," says Marsillam Simanjuntak, a fellow Minister in the administration of former President Abdurrahman Wahid: "He is very methodical and orderly, and it's almost as if he feels sinful if he leaves some aspect neglected." Old friends from the military have similar recollections. "He won't rock the boat," concludes retired General Agus Wijoyo, who served with Yudhoyono in East Timor and at military headquarters in Jakarta. "Those who want faster reform will see him as too slow...
...power. It's power plus visibility. Plus unreality. They always say politics is show business for ugly people. But I think a much more appropriate saying would be that Washington is Hollywood that actually matters. These are people who, for all their apparent insanity, control nearly every aspect of our lives...