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...relaxed state is more creative, makes more nuanced connections and is ripe for eureka moments. "With children," he argues, "they need that space not to be entertained or distracted. What boredom does is take away the noise ... and leave them with space to think deeply, invent their own game, create their own distraction. It's a useful trampoline for children to learn how to get by." (See pictures of college mascots...
...with the international community suggests that they know they'll have to show flexibility and deal, but they may still believe they can strike a more favorable agreement - or withstand the level of pressure the U.S. and its allies can muster in the months ahead. It's a dangerous game, but it may yet have many months to run - and its outcome is far from settled...
...athletes make snap decisions to skirt the rules in high-pressure situations. (Where was the global outcry when Michael Jordan pushed off on Utah's Bryon Russell before sinking the game-winning shot of the 1998 NBA Finals?) In this case, I was mad at Henry, but madder at the refs for missing the infraction, and enraged that soccer does not have some kind of replay rule to correct such obvious, easily reparable errors...
...there's a difference between a replay and a do-over, fer crissakes. The next time a figure skating judge gets caught taking a juicy bribe from the Russian mob, should the sequined ladies stick around for the let's-try-this-again Olympics? How about a World Series Game 7 on Christmas Eve, as we keep playing the botched games over and over thanks to atrocious umpiring...
...championship. Do we now want the Brits bitter that the Irish got their do-over, and they didn't? In 1985, umpire Don Denkinger cost the St. Louis Cardinals a World Series by blowing an obvious call at first base in the bottom of the ninth in Game 6. How did the Cardinal faithful respond to their unholy, unjust loss to their intra-state opponent, the Kansas City Royals? By continuing to be the nicest sports fans on the planet...