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...newspaper piece called "On Conversation," which he wrote shortly after forming the Junto, Franklin stressed the importance of deferring--or at least giving the appearance of deferring--to others. Otherwise, even the smartest comments would "occasion envy and disgust." His secret for how to win friends and influence people read like an early Dale Carnegie course: "Would you win the hearts of others, you must not seem to vie with them, but to admire them. Give them every opportunity of displaying their own qualifications, and when you have indulged their vanity, they will praise you in turn and prefer...
...disgust that most physicians feel for the medical-malpractice tort system has to do with more than money [BUSINESS, June 9]. When a doctor is forced to regard every patient as a potential courtroom adversary as well as a human being in need, the mutual trust inherent in the physician-patient relationship is severely damaged. Working 10-to-12-hour days (plus nights and weekends on call) and constantly making life-and-death decisions are stressful enough without having to worry about lawsuits. It is easy to understand why many of my colleagues have thrown in the towel. The next...
...Burma, to the disgust of foreign observers, Aung San Suu Kyi is under detention?a victim of the junta's latest crackdown on her democracy movement. But she and her party have only been cowed, not crushed. In Laos, no political dissent has been allowed in 28 years, nor any right of assembly. Scores of political prisoners and youths have been detained for years in dark cells without trial; many have been tortured. Christians are persecuted, told to denounce their faith under threat of imprisonment. And there is nothing merry about the Hmong women and children trapped in the mountains...
...state supreme court. (Courts in other states, including California, have upheld similar caps.) Many state politicians are more than happy to hand the thorny issue off to Congress. State senator Walsh says some of his colleagues believe that the crisis eventually "will just work itself out." Sosenko says with disgust, "Talking to politicians is like hitting your head against a wall...
...Some Changes,” read one of the signs in the sea of posters that were waved at a 200-person rally outside University Hall last May. Organized by Harvard’s Coalition Against Sexual Violence (CASV), the event gave physicality to the sense of betrayal and disgust that many Harvard students felt upon learning of changes to the Administrative Board’s (Ad Board) policies...