Word: developement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...middle of an ergometer workout, showered and left practice. Any doubts about the value of the enormous workload of crew were magnified while I was feeling the pain of rowing on the ergometer. It took a total mental committment which I sometimes did not have. Trying to develop a psychological readiness for the tough practices or ergometer pieces was a source of tremendous anxiety...
...result of cross-fertilization from the Anglo-American orbit-not so much in art or literature as in lifestyles. "These influences range from the habit, new to Europe, of calling people by their first names, to the social influence of radio and TV shows, to the way that fashions develop outside traditional centers in Europe...
William M. Capron, associate dean of the School of Government, said yesterday that the school will use the grant money to develop further a new curriculum. He explained that new additions to faculty and more course materials, made possible by the grant, will enable the School to expand its program to include students from the other professional schools...
...this entailed a perfect honing of the will. A man of knowledge, Don Juan insisted, could only develop by first becoming a "warrior"?not literally a professional soldier, but a man wholly at one with his environment, agile, unencumbered by sentiment or "personal history " The warrior knows that each act may be his last. He is alone. Death is the root of his life, and in its constant presence he always performs impeccably " This existential stoicism is a key idea in the books. The warrior's aim in becoming a "man of knowledge and thus gaining membership...
...Controls. On top of this, methaqualone is addictive. Unlike insomniacs who abide by their doctor's prescriptions, abusers develop a tolerance for the drug and begin taking increasingly larger doses. Then they may become addicted. "Resistance can develop after only four days," says Mike, a 20-year-old San Franciscan. "Then it takes four to do what one used to do for you. The withdrawals are much worse than heroin, with the same kind of convulsion as in an epileptic...