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...Harvard, playing essentially its first regular tournament of the year, battling rust from offseason inaction was only one quandary to conquer...
Until then, one solution to overcoming biological tendencies is to consciously override them, to say to yourself, "O.K., I may have a hard time with this task, but I'm going to will myself to conquer it." Some experiments show that baby girls, when faced with failure, tend to give up and cry relatively quickly, while baby boys get angry and persist, says Witelson at Ontario's Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine at McMaster University. "What we don't know is whether that pattern persists into adulthood," she says. But in her experience in academia, she says she knows...
...track, after all, is called “Le Garage,” (French for, you guessed it, “The Garage”). Last year they hit the road with Franz Ferdinand, and not much later they’ve got their own headlining tour, attempting to conquer the U.S. after winning so many hearts in the U.K. For the brightest of British buzz, no other show this week will suffice...
...into a souk of dimly lit, treasure-filled galleries. Following a timespan from 600 to 1600 A.D., from the nomadic Uighur people of Chinese Central Asia to the Ottoman splendor of Sultan Mehmed III in Istanbul, "Turks" illustrates how successive groups learned from the cultures they encountered and sometimes conquered. It's a tale of assimilation and adaptation in the exotic landscapes crossed by the Silk Road, the ancient network of trade routes between Asia and Europe. Although the exhibition has been drawn together from collections in 11 countries, most of the more than 370 items on display are usually...
...Bush's actions in Iraq have proved Osama bin Laden's charge that the U.S. is trying to conquer Islamic lands. Bush's aggressive, unilateralist foreign policy and blinkered support for Israel have made him hated throughout the Middle East. His presidency has provided plenty of recruitment material for al-Qaeda. Four more years will doubtless provide more. Yes, bin Laden knew exactly what he was doing when he released that videotape. And his efforts paid off. Lorna Forse Manchester, England...