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Other revelations are bound to provoke more controversy. Psychology tests, for instance, consistently support the notion that men and women perceive the world in subtly different ways. Males excel at rotating three-dimensional objects in their head. Females prove better at reading emotions of people in photographs. A growing number of scientists believe the discrepancies reflect functional differences in the brains of men and women. If true, then some misunderstandings between the sexes may have more to do with crossed wiring than cross-purposes...
Torbay, Giering and Derfner excel both musically and dramatically. The maidens, most notably soloists Margot Fleischman and Rachel Storch, sang strongly and were appropriately adorable. The pirates, though not as musically solid, showed amusing and convincingly spirited comraderie...
Money from the campaign, titled "The Will to Excel," will be used to provide ongoing support for the college. According to campaign materials, Dartmouth plans to increase faculty and financial aid endowments and add to academic programs and facilities...
...University of Nevada at Reno: "It leads to inconsistent results. Anger can tighten muscles and increase the risk of injury." May, who chairs the U.S. Olympic Sports Psychology Committee, makes an analogy with sex. "To respond optimally, you must be excited but relaxed. You need that feeling to excel in sports as well." St. Louis Cardinals pitcher Bob Tewksbury agrees. "The more I try to have fun and laugh about situations, the better I perform," he says. So far this year, Tewksbury has won nine games and lost...
...Aren't you overreacting? I played sports as a kid. I learned positive competitiveness and camaraderie. What is so wrong with wanting to push our sons and our daughters to excel...