Word: averse
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Indian friends offer several explanations. One says parents steer their children toward respectable, cerebral, indoor activities, such as studying to become a doctor or engineer, and away from the frivolity of playing outdoors. Another says facilities are inadequate and the country lacks a nationwide professional league in any sport. A...
In so many ways, behind the screen as well as on it, Nemo is a find-your-inner-grownup story. For a decade, Stanton was pleased to assist--as writer and co-director--the charismatic Lasseter, who created the first Pixar shorts and masterminded the art of CGI storytelling. "We...
Rich Ross, Disney Channel's president of Entertainment and a former programming sachem at Nickelodeon, is more emphatic. "Kids' TV is where you find the stars, not of tomorrow, but of today," he avers. "Movie directors don't need casting tapes anymore; they just need to turn on the TV...
For something so widely desired, so hotly derided, happiness hasn't got much attention from researchers. One reason is the difficulty of quantifying happiness: it is a condition that is diagnosed and defined not by the doctor but by the patient. Another is the medical community's tendency to study...
To supporters and associates, that is the critical issue. Mokhtar is a shrewd, self-made entrepreneur. "The man comes from the school of hard knocks. He wasn't an accountant who had everything handed to him on a silver platter like the others," says one close adviser. "His father was...