Word: illusionism
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Wilcox thinks the mechanism at work here is what's known as "vicarious goal fulfillment." People who excel at self-control are very good at remaining mindful of an objective and keeping it in focus. When that goal is, say, finishing a term paper, they outperform other people at ignoring...
"I have not backed off my belief that the assault weapons ban made sense... assault weapons, as we now know here in Mexico, are helping to fuel extraordinary violence," Obama said. "Having said that none of us are under any illusion that reinstating that ban would be easy." The President...
It is equally safe to say that the large American banks are works in progress which are, in most ways, still dilapidated. Treasury Department analysts may not have the IQs of the PhDs who created mortgage-backed securities, but they did not do their detective work blindly when they insisted...
Just as deftly, the Montana myth has updated the princess fantasy. No longer are you secretly royalty; now you're secretly famous. You can be accomplished and admired without sacrificing your innocence or family life. The show trades on this illusion by acknowledging that the Hannah persona is an artifice...
Jiverly Wong was unknown and unremarkable in life. Had he gone quietly like Cory, he would have died unnoticed--evidently a fate too much to bear. Instead, he blocked the rear exit of an immigrant center in Binghamton, N.Y., and walked with guns drawn through the front door. Thirteen people...