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...have people adopted this habit of prefacing everything they say with a proclamation of emotion? Is it because we are so afraid of being able to back up our own logical conclusions that, out of fear of being proven wrong, we have to say we are expressing a feeling? It’s true, we have a much more difficult time arguing with someone who has “a feeling” than someone who has stepped out on a limb and contributed his own insights...
...Usually I have a bad habit to keep going instead of stopping in front of the net,” Vaillancourt said. “This time I did and Julie and Nicole worked hard to get the puck back in front and I was standing...
...Usually I have a bad habit of keeping going instead of stopping in front of the net,” Vaillancourt said. “This time I did and Julie and Nicole worked hard to get the puck back in front and I was standing there...
Politically, my home state of Tennessee is like a friend who, despite her many laudable qualities, has the tendency to embarrass the hell out of me by doing things that are totally inappropriate. For example, Tennessee has recently developed the nasty habit of voting Republican in presidential elections, a poor pattern of behavior that began with the slap in the face she delivered to her native son in 2000. Now another native son is organizing a campaign that, if successful, will force the good liberals of Tennessee to issue repeated apologies and live lives of general shame...
...long habit of tinkering with his natural habitat, often with unintended or unfortunate results. Kudzu, for instance, planted in the United States to prevent soil erosion in the 1940s, went on to entangle telephone poles, trees and fences over seven million acres of the American South. Gypsy moths, a pest that devours oak and aspen trees, were originally brought to the U.S. in 1869 to breed stronger silkworms. But as our understanding of biology and genetics grow more sophisticated, so do our attempts to use plants and animals to rein in threats in our environment. The trick will be keeping...