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...some students at the College asked why they had not received direct notification from HUPD about the violent attacks...
...were trying to get behind them a lot in the first half,” Tompkins said. “That’s why we were a bit more direct in our play. They struggled with that in the first half. In the second half, they pushed their backs forward a lot more and gave us a lot more problems...
Perhaps her best chance was in the second half when she was tackled by defender Talia DePanfilo and earned a direct free kick. Johnston launched a shot over the wall of defenders and out of Walker’s reach, but it bounced off the woodwork and out of bounds...
...Republicans went to work. It was during this period that they invented direct mail fundraising, following such dramatic financial insolvency that the national headquarters of the president’s party was actually forced to close for a month. And after Jimmy Carter’s narrow victory in 1976 the Republicans—shut out of power in all three branches of national government—kept on rebuilding, and not just tactically...
Bargaining: seeking an agreement through direct negotiation between yourself and some external force. Here, the irrational belief is that by changing an aspect of your situation, you can change the entire situation. Throughout the bargaining stage, the student presents himself with options. Perhaps If I slip in the bathroom and break my leg University Health Services will write me a note excusing me from class. Or maybe if I e-mail the professor and kill off another relative (miraculously, I had five grandparents die last semester) he’ll pity me. After pacing around my room I have...