Word: devotee
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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For the purposes of his instruction, the denigrating voice is designated as Self 1 (read ego), the natural body as Self 2 (read id). Unless you can shut Self 1 up or calm him down, Gallwey contends, Self 2 will be too nervous to play. To help Self 2 devote...
The kidney transplanters owe much of their success to a rapidly emerging science: immunology. Its practitioners devote themselves to the extremely complex task of finding ways of overcoming the body's natural defenses against foreign cells, so that transplanted tissue will not be rejected. Up to now, the usual...
He studiously took time last week to prepare himself for his bid for the presidential nomination. Before breakfasting with Nancy, he vigorously rolled an exercise wheel to tone up his 65-year-old physique, which could pass for that of a man half his age. Reagan eats sparingly, drinks an...
Between calls, Reagan confidently made notes for an acceptance speech. At one point he canceled eleven press interviews to devote full time to strategy for giving the G.O.P. platform a Reagan tone. Although he is normally not an early riser, he surprised Aide Peter Hannaford in Kansas City with a...
Less rewarding, according to some U.S. gold medalists, was their lot at home. Their refrain became a familiar-and unsettling-one at the Games. "America expects its athletes to wave a flag and win a medal every four years," complained Discus Champion Mac ("Wolfman") Wilkins. "But then you're...