Word: contact
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Think about it: if we hated publicly, we might cause a huge brouhaha. There would be all sorts of awkwardness, avoiding of eye contact, forced fake hellos—who needs that? Better to hate privately, and smile tolerantly in public, give more genuinely fake hellos. This form of hatred is healthy, harmless, and a whole lot of fun. It allows us to have all sorts of lively conversation behind our enemies’ backs, and we all know these conversations are spectacular...
...join his family and friends in mourning the loss of this fine young man,” Vest said. “I encourage any among us who feel the need for advice and comfort to contact MIT Medical, or talk with counseling deans or [residence hall officials...
Jeff Bond, former head psychologist at the Australian Institute of Sport, uses the term "pedestal syndrome" to group all the factors that make some athletes believe they can do virtually as they please. League players are especially prone to it, he argues, because theirs is a contact sport: "They're fit, they think they're indestructible." They've also made it in a sport that has recently begun to reward its players lavishly and long encouraged heavy drinking when celebrating a win. Most players are decent people. But they're also younger, richer, more idle and more full of themselves...
...proportions. But there's richness in the narrative too. Skeletons on the Zahara (the Z is a 19th century spelling) is more than a horror story. It's a tale about a man who discovers his own courage in the face of catastrophe, and an instructive fable about cultural contact: Americans and Arabs searching for firm common ground in a wasteland of shifting sands. --By Lev Grossman
Pasternak--who may have been persuaded to testify after federal investigators quizzed her vascular surgeon ex-husband about selling his ImClone stock the day after Stewart sold hers--appeared cool and unruffled as she ratted on her former friend. Stewart, during the testimony, mostly avoided eye contact and scribbled notes. This week she'll be back in court--without her friend--as the defense makes its case...