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...Mattison, a task force member, pointed to the University’s disregard of height limits and its real estate practices—the University has continued to acquire property in the area in ways Mattison said are less than transparent—to show a disconnect from the original plan...
...criticizing ‘old media.’”ALWAYS THE BRIDESMAID...Despite the opportunities that blogging gave them to earn their writing gigs, many Harvard bloggers discuss the understanding gap between the younger e-generation and their elder counterparts. Often this misunderstanding leads to a disconnect between what employers understand about blogging and the actual subject matter that the Harvard bloggers are told to cover. Theodore B. Bressman ’06, who now writes for Sports Illustrated on Campus and hopes to write for television, provides an egregious example of the phenomenon.Along with former Crimson...
...Maybe this disconnect is fueled by our "fear of rejection" or a "fear of losing a loved one," or "fear of being dumped." Or maybe we've succumbed to the overwhelming volume of sexual dysfunction spam that's driven our "fear of not performing...
...maybe the discrepancy between these two most common fears is the concern we have about discussing our weaknesses with others. As e-mail, text and instant messaging replace our face-to-face chats, perhaps it's become easier to disconnect. We're more comfortable talking with a non-judgmental search engine about our problems, or maybe we're simply afraid of what our fears reveal about ourselves, that's #173 in the list also known as Phobophobia, "fear of fear...
...recent study of third, fourth, fifth graders, and their parents uncovered a few statistics that immediately leap out as worrisome. For example, one in ten of the kids admitted that their playing video games interferes with their homework, despite their light workloads. Furthermore, this study illuminated an extremely large disconnect between the parents and the children: When asked if their family had rules regarding how much kids could play, 62 percent of parents said yes, while only 36 percent of kids agreed. Also, when asked if there were rules for when children could play, 68 percent of parents said...