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...even when nervous," says Antonia Abbey, a psychology professor at Wayne State University. Just as we learn a kind of script for how to behave in a restaurant or at a business meeting, she suggests, we learn a script for talking to the opposite sex. "We often enact these scripts without even thinking," she says. "For some women and men, the script may be so well learned that flirting is a comfortable strategy for interacting with others." In other words, when in doubt, we flirt...
...inappropriate way.” Kerry was no less severe with Congress, taking it to task for its funding priorities and noting that the recent energy bill passed by the Democratic Congress would put in place fuel economy standards by 2020 that are lower than standards China will enact next year. “Our priorities are so screwed up, it’s depressing,” he said. “If, instead of spending seven to nine billion dollars a month in Iraq, we put seven to nine billion dollars a year into this, there would...
...status last summer, when he prominently supported a bill that would give illegal immigrants a path to legal citizenship. "My friends, I learned a lesson," McCain told the crowd. "I got the message." Though he continues to support a path to citizenship, he now says that he would not enact any such plan until the borders are secure. "There will be times when you strongly disagree with me," he said at the end of his talk. "But it won't be because I have taken any political position. It is because I have done what I think is the right...
...public stage. The excuse that the use of these types of drugs was common is just not good enough. Furthermore, Hall of Fame voters should consider any accomplishments or records of players implicated in the Mitchell report suspect and tainted. Furthermore, Major League Baseball should work to enact the recommendations of the Mitchell report for tougher drug standards in the future...
...profits That's a message much of the rest of the world has already absorbed. Though the U.S. is easily the biggest player in green venture capital, Europe may be ahead on clean tech itself, thanks largely to the kind of generous government subsidies that have yet to be enacted in Washington. The enormous capital expenditure required to compete in the energy market makes government support all the more important. Many of the world's top solar and wind companies - like Germany's Q-Cells and Spain's Iberdrola - are based in the E.U., and with the region...